Fanucchi Vineyards

Fanucchi Vineyards
P.O. Box 290
Fulton, California
USA 95439
Phone: 707.526.3219
http://www.fanucchivineyards.com/

Contact: Peter Fanucchi
Email: [email protected]

For Peter Fanucchi it all began in 1972 at the ripe old age of 9 years working beside his father Arcangelo, a new vineyard owner at the time, who purchased a very old vineyard property in Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley on Wood Road in Fulton, California. Peter and his father quickly became friends with their veteran wine grape growing neighbors who very graciously taught them traditional viticulture methods which they rigorously employed on the circa 1906 Zinfandel vineyard. They took their lessons very seriously and they studied the art of wine grape growing intensely. As a result of their studies, they began integrating modern viticultural methodologies gathered from a wide array of periodicals to experts into the vineyard along with the astute lessons learned from their legendary neighbors and most importantly observing how it the cultural practices effected the vines in their specific environment on Wood Road.

As with traditional “field blend” vineyard plantings employed by most Italian growers of the late 19’th century, the Fanucchi’s vineyard was no exception. Planted amongst the Zinfandel vines were vines of different varietals one of which was Trousseau Gris. They discovered it thrived in their vineyard so after purchasing the fallow land next door to their property in 1981 the Fanucchi’s planted it.

Unfortunately, in 1984 just a few weeks before their first significant harvest of Trousseau Gris, Peter’s father died suddenly. It is indeed unfortunate that he was unable to experience the maiden harvest but Peter knows he would be very proud of the result today. It has been their keen ability to marry the uniqueness of the “terroir” of the vineyard, the incredibly hearty nature of the vines, the insightful lessons of their veteran neighbors and the insight from all of the lessons learned over the years that has made the Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard the incredible success that it is today.

Peter, along side his father, was a keen observer. All the knowledge that his father gained transitioned to Peter because he was a great listener & observer. Peter has assertively employed his learnings and he has spent decades enhancing the viticultural foundation that his father, friends and neighbors bestowed upon him. His extreme attention to detail manifests itself in the vineyard, in the reputation of the vineyard and, most importantly, in the highly acclaimed wines he and others have produced from his wine grapesTo this very day, Peter continues to personally attend to the entire Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard vine by vine. He constantly adapts his farming practices to the current vine & environmental conditions sometimes doing things that even he would previously have thought were absurd all because the conditions require it. With thoughtful reasoning (gut instinct actually!!) he continues to produce wine grapes and wine of the highest quality. It truly is a labor of love full of passion and yes…………faith. Remember….he is dealing with Mother Nature after all!!

Winemaker: Peter Fanucchi

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