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Terre Margaritelli 'Freccia degli Scacchi' Torgiano Rosso Riserva
Grapes — 100% Sangiovese
Region — Torgiano, Umbria, Italy
Tasting Notes — Deep, bright ruby with a violet rim. Cherries, black cherries, blueberries, and violets on the nose, woven through with warm spice and a whisper of dried roses. The palate is powerful and elegant in equal measure — structured tannins, vibrant acidity, and a long, lingering finish with real depth and complexity. This is a wine that rewards patience and improves with every year in the cellar.
The Wine — 100% Sangiovese from the estate's certified organic vineyards in Miralduolo di Torgiano, one of Umbria's most celebrated wine villages and home to one of Italy's earliest DOCGs. Torgiano Rosso Riserva has been recognized as a benchmark of Italian winemaking since 1990 — and Freccia degli Scacchi is Terre Margaritelli's fullest expression of what this land can do with Sangiovese.
Farming — Certified organic across all 52 hectares of estate vineyards — every bottle made exclusively from fruit grown on the property. No pesticides, no herbicides, no chemical fertilizers. The estate has also earned the New Green Evolution certification, held by only a handful of Italian wineries, for its comprehensive commitment to environmental sustainability.
Winemaking — After fermentation, the wine spends three years aging in French oak barrels sourced exclusively from the Bertranges forest in Burgundy — a forest the Margaritelli family has direct ties to through their generations-old timber business. They select and cut the oak themselves and have the barrels made to their own specifications, giving them extraordinary control over the influence of wood on the finished wine. The result is oak integration that adds complexity without obscuring the purity of the fruit.
The Producer — The Margaritelli family's roots in Umbria stretch back to the 1870s, when the family patriarch founded a forestry and timber company in the region. It was Fernando Margaritelli who, at 60 years old in 1948, planted vines on the hillside of Miralduolo as a retirement passion project — never imagining he was laying the foundation for what would become a serious organic estate. In 2000, his grandson Dario revived the project with renewed ambition, rebuilding the winery around certified organic farming and small-production, estate-only wines. Winemaker Stefano Rossini, who came to the estate as a student writing his thesis and never left, is the quiet force behind the wines. Maximum production is 100,000 bottles — a deliberate choice to prioritize quality above all else.
Drink It With — Wild boar ragù, bistecca alla Fiorentina, truffle pasta, aged Pecorino di Fossa, or any occasion serious enough to deserve a great Italian red.
Terre Margaritelli 'Freccia degli Scacchi' Torgiano Rosso Riserva
Grapes — 100% Sangiovese
Region — Torgiano, Umbria, Italy
Tasting Notes — Deep, bright ruby with a violet rim. Cherries, black cherries, blueberries, and violets on the nose, woven through with warm spice and a whisper of dried roses. The palate is powerful and elegant in equal measure — structured tannins, vibrant acidity, and a long, lingering finish with real depth and complexity. This is a wine that rewards patience and improves with every year in the cellar.
The Wine — 100% Sangiovese from the estate's certified organic vineyards in Miralduolo di Torgiano, one of Umbria's most celebrated wine villages and home to one of Italy's earliest DOCGs. Torgiano Rosso Riserva has been recognized as a benchmark of Italian winemaking since 1990 — and Freccia degli Scacchi is Terre Margaritelli's fullest expression of what this land can do with Sangiovese.
Farming — Certified organic across all 52 hectares of estate vineyards — every bottle made exclusively from fruit grown on the property. No pesticides, no herbicides, no chemical fertilizers. The estate has also earned the New Green Evolution certification, held by only a handful of Italian wineries, for its comprehensive commitment to environmental sustainability.
Winemaking — After fermentation, the wine spends three years aging in French oak barrels sourced exclusively from the Bertranges forest in Burgundy — a forest the Margaritelli family has direct ties to through their generations-old timber business. They select and cut the oak themselves and have the barrels made to their own specifications, giving them extraordinary control over the influence of wood on the finished wine. The result is oak integration that adds complexity without obscuring the purity of the fruit.
The Producer — The Margaritelli family's roots in Umbria stretch back to the 1870s, when the family patriarch founded a forestry and timber company in the region. It was Fernando Margaritelli who, at 60 years old in 1948, planted vines on the hillside of Miralduolo as a retirement passion project — never imagining he was laying the foundation for what would become a serious organic estate. In 2000, his grandson Dario revived the project with renewed ambition, rebuilding the winery around certified organic farming and small-production, estate-only wines. Winemaker Stefano Rossini, who came to the estate as a student writing his thesis and never left, is the quiet force behind the wines. Maximum production is 100,000 bottles — a deliberate choice to prioritize quality above all else.
Drink It With — Wild boar ragù, bistecca alla Fiorentina, truffle pasta, aged Pecorino di Fossa, or any occasion serious enough to deserve a great Italian red.