Elia Palazzesi
Italy
Elia's Wines
- Italy
- 2Â wines
- 2Â styles
Tuscan with a heart of gold who transformed the old family farm into a fountain of top-quality, organic Montalcino
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We first tried Elia’s Brunello di Montalcino at a London tasting event and it was so incredibly fresh and elegant that we decided to secure a share for Angels right there and then.
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His winery is a family affair that’s developed over generations. The land was bought by his great-grandfather in the late 19th century, first farmed by his grandfather, and the very first vines were planted by Elia’s dad in the 1970s. Under Elia’s tutelage, the old family farm has been devoted 100% to grape-growing and become an incredible source of top-quality, organic Montalcino.
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Elia's been making wines for over 30 years now and he still does much of the work in the vineyard himself. He looks tough when he’s all togged up in his green army t-shirt and khaki pants. But behind that facade he’s an absolute sweetheart and passionate family man who simply loves to make people happy with his wines.
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Elia Palazzesi's Story
Our history begins in the late 1800s, when, great-grandfather Simone Palazzesi, bought the Collelceto farm. In the early 1900s, Elia's Grandfather, Ulisse, began cultivating these lands, creating a mixed-use farm, with cattle breeding and cereal cultivation. It was not until the 1970s with the arrival of Ulisse's son, Remo Palazzesi, that the first vines were planted, however, intended only for family use.
In the 1990s with Elia Palazzesi, Remo's son, the farm became completely wine-growing, seeking to allocate more and more hectares to vineyards and thus also beginning the sale of bulk wine.
A few years ago Elia decided to change the Brand name from Collelceto to Elia Palazzesi, to even more transform the company's image
Having grown up in this land, I always knew that I would do this all my life. So at the age of 20, I started working in the family business and with me the farm became completely wine-growing, seeking to allocate more and more hectares to vineyards and thus also beginning the sale of bulk wine.
I have been making wine for more than 30 years now. My typical day is in the middle of my land, I personally take care of all production steps with dedication and love. I couldn't spend my days any other way.
For me the most memorable time is harvest time, because every year I spend with my whole family beautiful and genuine moments.
My wife Michela who helps me with the bookkeeping, my daughter for the love and strength she gives me every day, and my niece Sofia who helps me with the export. Last but not least, my father who is almost 90 years old and he is happy and proud of the reality I have created from scratch over the years.
There is no particular challenge that I have had to face, every day for me is a challenge, a challenge with myself to always do the best and draw from my lands the quality and elegance that is found in my wines.
I have always believed that working hard leads to amazing results. I have been putting my all into this since I started this job, and my customers appreciate the quality and elegance of the wines I produce. For me this motivates me to always do my best, every day.
We chose to start a collaboration with Naked Wines because we really like the idea of offering our products to the final consumer as well, we believe that this circuit is very interesting and no less important than the HoReCa channel.
The only message I want to give to Angels is to make it clear that we are a family winery, that we work with passion and love to make happy those who will decide to buy our wine.
Our dream project is to expand the hospitality part of the winery, so that people who taste our wine can then have an unforgettable experience in the winery and among our vineyards as well. We just built the new winery, so I hope this dream will be realised soon. Surely Naked Wines will help us and give everyone a chance to introduce our wines and philosophy to everyone.
Outside of winemaking, I am very passionate about animals, especially horses, it has always been a passion of mine and that's why the company logo is a horse, it depicts myself riding a horse.
