Bolgheri is the coastal home of the "renegade" Super Tuscans—the high-octane reds that famously broke Italian tradition. This is the birthplace of legends like Sassicaia ($300+) and Ornellaia ($250+), icon wines that proved French varieties could thrive in Tuscan soil to reach the pinnacle of world-class luxury.

Vigna Pianali stands shoulder-to-shoulder with these giants. It delivers the same elite Bolgheri pedigree—the 96-point precision, the storied maritime terroir, and the "Super Tuscan" power.

Vigna Pianali is the rarest wine Tenuta Meraviglia makes — 3,000 bottles a year from a single half-hectare plot in Bolgheri, where ancient volcanic rocks called Vulcanites of San Vincenzo break through the surface between the vine rows.

No other estate in the appellation sits on this formation. Think of it as Bolgheri's answer to a great single-vineyard Loire Cabernet Franc, but rooted in something geologically unique to the Tuscan coast.

The vines grow at 150 meters above sea level on a southwest-facing slope, trained to Guyot, with deep rhyolite bedrock beneath layered volcanic soils of pebbles and gravel.

Fermentation is entirely spontaneous — indigenous yeasts only, in cement tulip vats over roughly 21 days — before 24 months in large, untoasted French oak that frames rather than flavors. The 2020 vintage required precise canopy management: a hot, dry summer followed by late-August rains and a September recovery that ultimately delivered concentrated, balanced fruit.

The estate has been certified organic since 2019. If you appreciate the precision of top Chinon or Saumur-Champigny but want a wine with Mediterranean warmth and volcanic mineral depth, this is the bottle.