48 UUR LIVORNO & GORGONA
‘De spannendste persreis ever’
NU in de nieuwe WINELIFE #75
𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚
From the collaboration between the Gorgona Penal Institute and historic Italian wine producer Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, a unique wine was born, produced from the grapes cultivated by the island’s inmates.
The 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚 project was launched in August 2012, fruit of a collaboration between Frescobaldi and Gorgona, the EU’s only remaining island-penitentiary, in the Tuscan Archipelago. The inmates spend the final period of their detention here, working and living in contact with nature, creating for themselves a professional means of re-joining the workforce and the community at large.
The project took root in a small vineyard lying in the heart of an amphitheatre high over the sea. Its goal was to enable the inmates to gain personal, hands-on, professional experience in the field of viticulture under the supervision of Frescobaldi agronomists and winemakers.
A few rows of organically-farmed Sangiovese and Vermentino Nero yield Gorgona Rosso, which matures in large terracotta jars and debuted in its 2015 vintage. With additional plantings in 2015 and 2017, that vineyard has grown today to two hectares of Vermentino and Ansonica, which now produce “𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚“, the perfect expression of the uniqueness of this corner of the earth and the work of man, and eloquent symbol of hope and freedom.
Gorgona’s front label aspires to be a “limited edition” newsletter that communicates a different aspect of the island, each vintage telling the story of a different aspect of this unique place.
Stepping onto Gorgona means immediately discovering an utterly distinctive biodiversity with a dense Mediterranean scrub and an uncontaminated sea, but fortifications stud the landscape as well, testimony to past civilizations, and a small church that Cistercian monks built in the 18th century and dedicated to San Gorgonio.
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Check out my 1 minute 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚 vineyard video on Vinoblogie’s YouTube channel at
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