Angela Fronti

The Climb

University of Florence provided the technical base for Angela Fronti’s practice, and that foundation shows in the way her work privileges precision and place. Since 2009 at Istine, the pressure of Radda in Chianti has kept the work close to detail, where structure and expression have to be handled with care. In that setting, Fronti’s approach reads as disciplined rather than decorative, with technique held to the service of the site. What has developed over time is not a break from the starting point but a tighter reading of it. At Istine, Angela Fronti has kept the focus on Sangiovese and on making sure the grape stays legible in the glass. That insistence on clarity gives the wines their quiet confidence.

Today

Sangiovese sits at the center of Angela Fronti’s work at Istine. It is the reference point for texture, tension, freshness, and length, and the grape is treated as more than a variety: it is the structure around which the wines are built. When she says, "Our generation is really sensitive to Sangiovese. We are Sangiovese proud," the line lands as both position and method. The point is not emphasis for its own sake but fidelity to what the grape gives. In Angela Fronti’s hands, Sangiovese is kept honest, and that restraint shapes the style at Istine. The result is work that values origin, readable fruit, and a refusal to overstate.

Signature

Angela's signature dishes include Chianti Classico Vigna Cavarchione 2017, Vigna Istine, Casanova dell’Aia, Cavarchione, and Riserva Levigne. Each name points to a distinct expression of the same core language: Sangiovese and place, handled within the disciplined frame that defines Istine.

In Their Words “Our generation is really sensitive to Sangiovese. We are Sangiovese proud.” “Sangiovese is wild. It is a very honest grape.”

Recognition

Angela Fronti’s plainest line on the grape gets at the logic of the work: "Sangiovese is wild. It is a very honest grape." It is a direct statement of method, matching the unembellished, responsive style that runs through her wines at Istine.