Fratini Collection
Each Collection tells the story of a vintage through art, following the phases of the vine.
The bottles
Works of art on glass
We do not paint labels, but the bottles themselves. Each Collection is born of the dialogue between the estate and its artists, tracing a vintage through the phases of the vine, from bleeding to fruit set and on to ripening. Every year brings a limited edition of 30 bottles, each one a unique work that makes eternal a moment which, by its very nature, is not.
The artist
Camilla Bacherini
She is the artist who gave form to the dialogue between art and wine at our estate. Her insight reverses the roles: it is not the works that are a gift to the place, but the place, in its perfection, that is a gift to the works. From this vision comes the gold that runs through her work — the sun that sets the avenues aglow and lives on in the wine. Struck by the same beauty, other artists have since chosen to bring their own works here.
Art on glass
Gold leaf: a precious and ancient technique
In the Fratini Collection, Camilla Bacherini interprets the cycle of the vine through gold-leaf gilding, a precious and ancient technique whose origins date back to the fourteenth century. Alongside intense colours and energetic forms, gold lends depth and light to the surface of the bottle, becoming both matter and expressive language.
Its glow accompanies the story of the metamorphosis, uniting art, nature and land and restoring in every work the unrepeatable force of a new vintage. An ancient gesture, renewed each time in a different form and meaning.
The five phases of the vine
The time of the vine, through art
Each Collection tells the metamorphosis of the vine, from its awakening to the harvest. Five natural stages become as many artistic styles, in which form, colour and matter hold the unrepeatable identity of each vintage.
Bleeding
In spring the vine wakes from its winter rest and the sap begins to flow again. On the bottle, this first sign of life takes shape in fluid strokes, like drops rising from the plant.
Budburst
With budburst, new shoots emerge from the wood and open towards the light. On the bottle, plant forms follow that movement, telling of the energy with which nature returns.
Flowering
During flowering, nature reaches one of the most delicate moments of its cycle. On the bottle, organic forms and colours unfold with energy, evoking a gesture of rebirth and beauty.
Veraison
With veraison, the grapes change colour and reach their full intensity. On the bottle, vivid contrasts and decisive brushstrokes render the warmth of the sun and the energy of ripening.
Harvest
During the harvest, the cycle of the vine reaches its fulfilment. On the bottle, an imprinted leaf holds the bond with the land and the moment when the long-awaited fruit becomes wine.
Contact
Every encounter begins with a word
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