Paolo Paoloni's childhood was spent at his family's vineyard in Le Marche, Italy; which led to his studies in agronomy and enology. Thirty years ago, Paoloni arrived to Mexico and continued his family’s legacy with his successful career in the food and wine industry. In 1997, he purchased 100 acres of land in Toros Pintos, Valle de Guadalupe and founded Villa Montefiori. All wines are made from Paolo’s estate vineyards, which were planted in succession by Paolo Paoloni himself beginning in 1998. Paolo brought in vines from Italy and France. His vineyard sites are more sloped and rolling than most, as well as at a higher elevation than most of the valley. His higher elevation sites contain more granite in the soil which results in a higher minerality and less of the saline presence that some of the lower elevation vineyard sites in Valle de Guadalupe occasionally contain. Estate vineyards located approximately 10 miles from the Pacific on the northwest valley wall at an elevation of 1,200 ft. Paolo's technique mirrors an old school Italian approach to wine making, which results in a wine with fresh minerality and complex wonderfully nuanced floral aromas.

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