"The Tuscan archipelago is an earthly paradise of which Gorgona is the wildest and most luminous pearl of Aphrodite. Behind its apparent surliness, the unspeakable seduction of scents and silences, and a nature that moves for its strength, for its eternal puberty.... And around, water and salt, reflecting the messages of the sky, tightening the ties to the sails." (A.Bocelli - 2014)

The Gorgona project was born in August 2012 thanks to the collaboration between Frescobaldi and Gorgona, the only prison island in Europe.

Here the inmates spend the last period of their sentence, working in contact with nature to develop skills that facilitate reintegration into the working and social reality. Around a small vineyard, in the heart of an amphitheater overlooking the sea, the project begins with the goal of allowing inmates to have a concrete and active experience in the field of viticulture, with the collaboration and supervision of Frescobaldi agronomists and oenologists.

Gorgona Rosso was born with the 2015 harvest, from some rows of Sangiovese and Vermentino Nero, cultivated organically and then aged in terracotta Orcio. Today the vineyard covers an area of two hectares, of which one is the original and a second planted in 2015. From this vineyard of Vermentino and Ansonica comes Gorgona, the fruit of the uniqueness of the place, the work of man, and a symbol of hope and freedom. The Gorgona label aims to be the "extraordinary edition" of the island, telling a different aspect each year.

Approaching Gorgona means discovering unique biodiversity, a dense Mediterranean scrub, the unspoiled sea, but also fortifications, witnesses of ancient civilizations, and a small church built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Carthusians, dedicated to San Gorgonio. The Gorgona 2020 label tells us about the fortress and the towers present on the Island. On the western coast, steep and jagged, stands the mighty "Torre Vecchia", an imposing Pisan manor or better defined as "a fortress", covered with local stone, now in ruins, built between the 11th and 13th centuries with the purpose of guarding the stretch of sea towards Corsica and defending the monks from frequent pirate raids.

On the opposite side of the island, towards the mainland, is the cala dello scalo, the fishermen's harbor dominated by the "Torre Nuova", a Medici fortification from the 17th century that completed the marine defense system. Finally, on the island there are also two reddish towers built at the end of the 19th century to monitor movements on the mainland: at the edge of the pine forest, near the vineyards, the Clock Tower, whose name is inspired by the sundial placed on the side of the building, and, towards Cala Scirocco, the Garibaldi Tower.