The fifth stop on our journey through the friendly wineries of our coast, after Tenuta Meraviglia, Bulichella, Casadei and Michele Satta.
In the heart of one of the world’s most celebrated wine districts there is a hidden corner that tells the story of another Bolgheri: more intimate, wilder, and deeply tied to the natural rhythms of the land. Here, along the course of a stream, stands Mulini di Segalari, a biodynamic winery run with passion by Marina Tinacci Mannelli and her husband Emilio Monechi.
The name pays tribute to the memory of the place, once marked by the work of old eighteenth-century water mills. Today, among those same stones, they cultivate an idea of wine that rediscovers the rhythms of nature and their importance for the generations of today and tomorrow.
Harmony and respect for the soil
At the heart of everything is the choice not to force the vines, following the principles of biodynamic farming, certified by Demeter. No chemical fertilisers, no synthetic weedkillers: the vineyard is treated as a living organism, in balance with the biodiversity of the Mediterranean scrub around it.
The rows lie on a cool hillside constantly ventilated by breezes from the Tyrrhenian Sea. The microclimate brings the difference between day and night temperatures that grapes need to ripen well, and pushes the vines to send their roots deep in search of water and nourishment.
From vineyard to cellar
If the vineyard is about the health of the land, the cellar is about minimal but watchful intervention. Fermentations rely only on the native yeasts found on the grape skins, with no oenological additives. Ageing uses wood that never overpowers and, for some labels, terracotta amphorae, which let the wine breathe without changing its character, bringing out its natural qualities instead.
The range brings together the elegance of the great international red varieties, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, with the personality of native Tuscan grapes, from Sangiovese to Ciliegiolo, as well as whites from Vermentino and Manzoni Bianco.
Mulini di Segalari · Località Felciaino 115a, Castagneto Carducci (LI) · mulinidisegalari.it