Agnese Mazzei

The Essentials At Castello di Fonterutoli, the winery design is built around gravity flow, so grapes and wine move naturally across three levels. That premise gives the project its clarity: materials and structure are arranged to serve the wine with as little interference as possible. Each parcel is separated for vinification, preserving the individuality of the harvest and allowing the work to proceed parcel by parcel rather than being absorbed into a single cellar rhythm. Even the temperature in the barrel cellar is controlled naturally, reinforcing the low-environmental-impact approach and the discipline of a system that trusts form, siting, and sequence over excess machinery. Read as architecture, the winery is a study in disciplined efficiency; read as a winemaking space, it is a careful choreography of movement, separation, and rest. The three-level arrangement creates a clear internal logic, where gravity replaces force and each phase of production has its proper place. In that sense, Agnese Mazzei’s work at Castello di Fonterutoli is defined less by spectacle than by restraint: design that supports process so thoroughly that the building becomes the wine it helps make.

Signature

Agnese's signature wines include Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG, Fonterutoli, Concerto di Fonterutoli, and Siepi. Together, these names mark the breadth of her association with the estate and its identity, each one tied to a place shaped by parcel separation, careful cellar design, and an approach that privileges nuance over uniformity. In the context of Castello di Fonterutoli, they sit naturally beside a winery conceived with the same attention to detail: measured, site-aware, and built around the discipline of gravity-driven production.