Andrea Mantengoli

The Climb

Since 1988, the vineyard has been the first site of responsibility at Cantina La Serena, where Andrea Mantengoli has worked as farmer and where the estate’s character is first set. That kind of continuity matters: the work is repetitive by design, and the accumulation of seasons gives it weight. Mantengoli’s role is grounded in direct contact with the land, not as an occasional duty but as a steady practice that has held since 1988. A second responsibility followed in 1997, when management of La Serena was added to that same line of work. With Andrea Mantengoli as manager, the estate has been guided through the daily balance between tradition and stewardship. Farming and management have run alongside each other ever since, one keeping him in the vineyard, the other requiring a view of the whole property.

Today

Today, Andrea Mantengoli is the owner of La Serena, while still managing it and continuing his farming work at Cantina La Serena. The structure is notable for its consistency: 1988 marks the start of his work in the vineyards, and 1997 marks the start of his management of the estate. Those dates define a career built on repetition, accountability, and the discipline of returning to the same land year after year.

Signature

Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino, and Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Gemini are the signatures associated with La Serena. In that lineup, the estate’s identity is expressed through place and sequence, with each name carrying the same underlying work in the vineyards that underpins the rest.

In Their Words “We make our wine in the vineyards: to make high quality wine isn’t a simply oenological activity. It’s an agronomic activity based on care, respect, experimentation and research of a balance in the vineyard first.” The point is direct: quality starts in the vineyard, not in the cellar alone. For Andrea Mantengoli, the work is agronomic before it is anything else, built on care, respect, experimentation, and the search for balance where the grapes are grown.

Recognition

Continuity is the recognition here: owner, manager, and farmer tied to one property over long years. Andrea Mantengoli’s profile is defined by responsibility held across time, with the value of the work measured in steadiness as much as in outcome. "We are the in-between generation."