Bertinga, Società Agricola Bertinga (link), is one of the more talked-about new names on the Tuscan fine wine scene. It was founded in 2015 by Anatoly Korneev and Maxim Kashirin, longtime Russian wine importers and Italians at heart who, through their company Simple (link), had spent over two decades bringing Italian wine to the Russian market before deciding to become producers themselves.
The Winery: Background and Insider Insights
The estate is built around three high-altitude vineyard sites in Gaiole in Chianti – Bertinga, Adine (Punta di Adine), and Vertine (La Porta di Vertine) – totalling around 16.4 hectares, some of it former Castello di Ama parcels with decades of proven pedigree. The vines sit on reddish-brown clay-limestone soils dating to the Pre-Eocene, at elevations reaching up to 540 meters, which gives the wines their signature freshness and structural clarity even in warm vintages.
The first harvest came in 2016, and Bertinga made an immediate impression: Gambero Rosso named the debut 2016 o the best Merlot tasted in Italy that year, and the estate went on to win „Best Emergent Producer 2022“ from Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia (link). In the 2026 edition of the same guide (link), the 2021 Punta di Adine, Toscana IGT (link), was awarded a score of 96/100. In the 2025 edition, the 2019 Punta di Adine was awarded a score of 95/100. In March 2025, Bertinga was included in Forbes Italia’s Top 100 (link).
Bordeaux-based consultant oenologist Stéphane Derenoncourt (who also advises Domaine de Chevalier) has guided the winemaking since early on, working alongside Technical Director Elisa Ascani and Sales Director Luca Vitiello. Production remains deliberately small – around 55,000 bottles a year of the flagship Volta di Bertinga, plus limited runs in magnum and jeroboam.
The Tasting
La Porta di Vertine 2023 (link), Chianti Classico DOCG
100% Sangiovese. 13.5 ABV.
An inviting, pure and precise, fresh and harmonious bouquet with elegant and refined aromas of sour cherries, strawberries and blood oranges, earthy notes, a hint of herbs and the characteristic coolness of wines from Gaiole. A nose that still needs time to develop, and is therefore not immediately accessible, but which nevertheless shows great promise. A juicy, elegant, slender and pure palate with excellent structure, silky, polished tannins, and a very fresh, well-integrated acidity that lends it liveliness. Here, too, the Gaiole terroir comes through perfectly. There is excellent aromatic continuity with the bouquet. A wine that already offers great pleasure and will reward the most patient drinkers for a few more years. 17.75/20 (92/100).
