These four women are producing some of Chianti Classico's most exciting wines at high elevations. Above, left to right, Serena Coccia, Susanna Grassi, Sofia Ruhne and Sophie Conte.
It was my Italian colleague Giampaolo Gravina who came up with the idea to put Susanna Grassi, Serena Coccia, Sofia Ruhne and Sophie Conte in one room. Gravina organised a tasting with their wines right after COVID allowed for it, calling the tasting ‘Donne in Quota’. When, in turn, I tasted their wines on a separate occasion, I was so impressed by their individuality and complexity that I asked these fab...