Emiliano Falsini

One of Italy’s most respected winemaking consultants, Emiliano Falsini began making wines under his own name in 2019. He chose to do so in Bolgheri (in his native Tuscany) and on Etna, a region he’d fallen in love with through his work with Graci, Girolamo Russi and others. 

In Bolgheri, he farms two hectares of Cabernet Franc, plus a tiny sliver of Vermentino. Limite is a muscular, age-worthy Cab Franc, raised in 100% new French oak, the influence of which it wears remarkably lightly, like a cashmere shawl. Il Debbio is a more accessible wine, from younger vines, albeit one with all the grace and complexity you would expect from Bolgheri.  

Emiliano’s Bolgheri Bianco, of which 2024 was the inaugural vintage, is poised and saline – a gastronomic white that’s well worth seeking out. 

Emiliano’s holdings on Etna also amount to two hectares, in the Contrada of Feudo Pignatone, on the north slope. The vines lie at some 700m and range in age from thirty to a hundred years old. Here, Emiliano makes the stunning, single-parcel Davanti Casa – again raised in new oak – and, from a handful of miniscule parcels, Feudo Pignatone – an Etna Rosso with the freshness and haunting mineral character that have made Etna one of the most talked about wine regions on the planet in recent years. Both wines contain a high proportion of whole bunch, something of which Emiliano is a master practitioner. 

Just as thrilling is his Etna Rosato, also 100% Nerello Mascalese, and, in our view, as good a rosé as any made in Italy: it’s complex, textured, saline and impossibly long. 

Emiliano’s wines have appropriately beautiful labels, designed by artist Francesca Ballarini (who also designs labels for another Flint favourite, Chiara Condello). They truly are the complete package.