Our wines
Clinio
The wine that opens the story of Tenuta Fratini: direct, recognisable, with an immediate balsamic character. The gateway to our vision of Bolgheri.
Soil information + −
The Clinio vineyards lie on the Estate's hills closest to the sea, between 80 and 150 metres above sea level, on ancient Messinian deposits. Here the Tyrrhenian breeze and the sedimentary matrix give a sunny, fruit-driven profile with a clear maritime imprint.
- Blend:
- 52% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Geological matrix and era:
- Post-evaporitic Messinian lacustrine and lagoonal deposits, with flysch, metamorphic rocks and polygenic conglomerates. Neutral pH.
- Further data:
- Poggio ai Mucchi, Le Scope and Cecco Sodo lieux-dits, north, north-west and south-west aspect, altitude 80-150 m a.s.l., Guyot training.
Tasting notes and pairings + −
From the very first breath it renews its signature of wild strawberry, now over a deeper, denser texture, between shades of roots and a floral note of red petals just beginning to fade. Holding the landscape together are iodine and Mediterranean scrub, fused into a marine timbre that makes the fruit luminous and weightless. On the palate it unfolds with ease, moved by an innate balsamic sensation that makes it juicy, with an impalpable tannic texture and a complexity that is never entirely exhausted.
Certifications + −
We use high-quality cork stoppers, each one individually analysed and validated with state-of-the-art gas chromatography in order to rule out the presence of TCA (trichloroanisole).
Awards and accolades
Our wines are made to speak of a place, not to chase a score. The recognition of Italian and international critics is, for us, confirmation of a path followed with consistency.
Best Food Wine
Bolgheri Rosso category
Untold, Vol. III
Three CorkscrewsUntold, Vol. III
95
93
91
“A wine that takes us straight into the vineyard where it is born: you taste it and find yourself among the rows, vigorous and green, surrounded by woods yet reached by the influence of the sea. In the common imagination a sea-influenced wine is powerful and warm; with Clinio, instead, you discover an unexpected freshness of great pleasantness.”
Ilaria Lorini
Best Sommelier of Italy 2025
“Clinio is an intense, flavoursome, tasty wine. I appreciated the use of Cabernet Franc, which supports the weight of Merlot and Sauvignon, giving completeness of drinking without giving up fullness and complexity.”
Stefano Quaglierini
Oenologist and wine communicator
“Clinio is a truly very interesting expression of the territory. Powerful yet elegant, refined and decisive. Something that, when you drink it, makes you think at once that meticulous work was done in the cellar as in the vineyard to convey the most from that origin. I found it very Mediterranean, with a contemporary, never banal drinkability, well-balanced tannins and harmonious overall.”
Calogero Milazzo
Restaurant Manager, Arnolfo**
“Clinio is a wine we put on the list here at the trattoria straight away, because it truly embodies what Bolgheri means for the table. We wanted a wine completely different from classic Tuscany: appealing, fresh, even a little nervous, yet with that sweetness, that charm that made Bolgheri so popular.”
Andrea Gori | Trattoria da Burde
“Clinio 2023 is a perfectly balanced wine that carries only the virtues of the grapes it is born from. It has a lovely balsamic note, with slightly spicy nuances. A balanced wine, in which the components go hand in hand.”
Filippo Lazzerini
Sommelier
“Clinio 2023 is charged with a balsamic spirituality of its own, thanks to a practically perfect handling of Cabernet Franc. Once finished, the bottle - thanks to this balsamic quality coherently balanced with the fruit - is in effect reborn, idealised and still in the mind of the lucky drinker.”
“Clinio 2023 shows a dark ruby red with violet hues. On the nose, sour cherry, liquorice and violet. Juicy on the palate, with a harmonious interplay of tannins and acidity, a medium-long finish rich in fruit.”
Soil information + −
The Clinio vineyards lie on the Estate's hills closest to the sea, between 80 and 150 metres above sea level, on deep sedimentary soils. Here the Tyrrhenian breeze and the soil matrix give a sunny, fruit-driven profile with a clear maritime imprint.
- Blend:
- 45% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Geological matrix and era:
- Alluvial deposits and small to medium-sized schists, with traces of rhyolite and sandstone.
- Further data:
- Production area Castagneto Carducci, hamlet of Donoratico (Livorno), altitude 80-150 m a.s.l., Guyot training, planting density 5,600 vines/ha, yield 55 quintals/ha.
Tasting notes and pairings + −
It takes on a brilliant, vivid red, graceful and supple in the glass. On the nose it leads with a clear scent of wild strawberry, refined and unusual for the type, followed by crisp cherry over a base of violet and dried peony that ties it naturally to its elder brothers.
On the palate it combines the crunch of the fruit with a woodland balsamic quality of rare finesse, with a freshness that goes beyond serving temperature and prolongs the sense of balance.
Awards and accolades
Our wines are made to speak of a place, not to chase a score. The recognition of Italian and international critics is, for us, confirmation of a path followed with consistency.
93
“A wine that takes us straight into the vineyard where it is born: you taste it and find yourself among the rows, vigorous and green, surrounded by woods yet reached by the influence of the sea. In the common imagination a sea-influenced wine is powerful and warm; with Clinio, instead, you discover an unexpected freshness of great pleasantness.”
Ilaria Lorini
Best Sommelier of Italy 2025
“Clinio is an intense, flavoursome, tasty wine. I appreciated the use of Cabernet Franc, which supports the weight of Merlot and Sauvignon, giving completeness of drinking without giving up fullness and complexity.”
Stefano Quaglierini
Oenologist and wine communicator
“Clinio is a truly very interesting expression of the territory. Powerful yet elegant, refined and decisive. Something that, when you drink it, makes you think at once that meticulous work was done in the cellar as in the vineyard to convey the most from that origin. I found it very Mediterranean, with a contemporary, never banal drinkability, well-balanced tannins and harmonious overall.”
Calogero Milazzo
Restaurant Manager, Arnolfo**
“Clinio is a wine we put on the list here at the trattoria straight away, because it truly embodies what Bolgheri means for the table. We wanted a wine completely different from classic Tuscany: appealing, fresh, even a little nervous, yet with that sweetness, that charm that made Bolgheri so popular.”
Andrea Gori | Trattoria da Burde
“Clinio 2022 is fresh and decisive on the nose, with elegant herbal and minty notes that, with aeration, give way to an ever more enveloping expression of forest berries. On the palate it shows important structure, supported by a soft, well-integrated tannin. Red fruit dominates the entry, but as the tasting proceeds more complex nuances emerge, recalling graphite and liquorice, giving depth and persistence. A wine of great personality, destined for success.”
Juba Paridi
General Manager, Chapter One Dublin**
“Clinio 2022 is a truly well-made wine, in which the fresh, balsamic notes of Cabernet Franc stand out, well balanced with those of Merlot and Sauvignon, which contributes a good attack on the tannin.”
Vittorio Gentile
Sommelier & Head of Wines, Zuma Restaurants
Soil information + −
The Clinio vineyards lie on the Estate's hills closest to the sea, between 80 and 150 metres above sea level, on ancient Messinian deposits. Here the Tyrrhenian breeze and the sedimentary matrix give a sunny, fruit-driven profile with a clear maritime imprint.
- Blend:
- 40% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot.
- Geological matrix and era:
- —
- Further data:
- —
Tasting notes and pairings + −
Certifications + −
We use high-quality cork stoppers, each one individually analysed and validated with state-of-the-art gas chromatography in order to rule out the presence of TCA (trichloroanisole).
Awards and accolades
Our wines are made to speak of a place, not to chase a score. The recognition of Italian and international critics is, for us, confirmation of a path followed with consistency.
Best Food Wine
Bolgheri Rosso category
Untold, Vol. III
Three CorkscrewsUntold, Vol. III
95
93
91
“A wine that takes us straight into the vineyard where it is born: you taste it and find yourself among the rows, vigorous and green, surrounded by woods yet reached by the influence of the sea. In the common imagination a sea-influenced wine is powerful and warm; with Clinio, instead, you discover an unexpected freshness of great pleasantness.”
Ilaria Lorini
Best Sommelier of Italy 2025
“Clinio is an intense, flavoursome, tasty wine. I appreciated the use of Cabernet Franc, which supports the weight of Merlot and Sauvignon, giving completeness of drinking without giving up fullness and complexity.”
Stefano Quaglierini
Oenologist and wine communicator
“Clinio is a truly very interesting expression of the territory. Powerful yet elegant, refined and decisive. Something that, when you drink it, makes you think at once that meticulous work was done in the cellar as in the vineyard to convey the most from that origin. I found it very Mediterranean, with a contemporary, never banal drinkability, well-balanced tannins and harmonious overall.”
Calogero Milazzo
Restaurant Manager, Arnolfo**
“Clinio is a wine we put on the list here at the trattoria straight away, because it truly embodies what Bolgheri means for the table. We wanted a wine completely different from classic Tuscany: appealing, fresh, even a little nervous, yet with that sweetness, that charm that made Bolgheri so popular.”
Andrea Gori | Trattoria da Burde
Our Approach
A vision that begins with the land
In the vineyard
High-altitude vineyards on stony soils rare for Bolgheri, trained to alberello and Guyot. Hand harvest with selection in the field and a non-interventionist approach that leaves the vines their natural balance.
In the cellar
We vinify each parcel separately, in concrete tanks and with indigenous yeasts. Ageing in barriques accompanies the wine with restraint, never covering its identity.
The signatures
The oenological project bears the signature of Eric Boissenot and Emiliano Falsini, with agronomy by Stefano Galbiati and the collaboration of Vitenova. Precision work born of our Climats, from Monte Gabbro to Torre di Donoratico.
Our wines
In every wine, a story to tell
Every sip tells, without need of words, the poetry of this land.
Hortense
Born on the highest vineyards of the Estate, in the Monte Gabbro Climat, where rare volcanic rhyolites shape a terroir unique to Bolgheri. Altitude and sea breeze make it a fresh, savoury Bolgheri Superiore of rare grace, far removed from the clichés of the appellation.
Harte
An expression of the Torre di Donoratico Climat, where calcareous soils of macigno sandstone, pietraforte, flysch and marls, together with the constant Tyrrhenian breeze, shape a wine of great energy and vitality. Minerality is its signature, carried by vivid acidity and fine-grained tannin. A Bolgheri Superiore of rare Mediterranean depth.
Contact
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