NEW IN PORTFOLIO! - Molino di sant'antimo
- 25 feb 2021
- Tempo di lettura: 2 min
At the beginning of the 1980s Carlo Vittori, who was already a well-known and experienced consultant together with his whole family bought his first piece of land to the south /south west of Montalcino close to the hamlet of Castelnuovo dell’Abate.
At the time Carlo Vittori was quite a pioneer because the land in this area was more or less abandoned, it was farmed by just a few families who cultivated grapes and olives as their ancestors had always done in the past.
Today the ‘Azienda Molino di Sant’Antimo’ comprises about 40 hectares of land facing south to south west from about 200-250 metres above sea level down to the river Orcia. To one side Mount Amiata stands watch, when the ‘maestrale’ wind blows it brings the smell of the sea and the coast, to the other side the long ridge protects the land from the cold winds from the north and north east.The land is a mixture of clay, marl and crushed stone rich in minerals.The vineyards have been developed gradually.
The modern cellar is situated in the woods nearby, it covers about 800 square metres and so the wine is produced in the best possible conditions.
Vinification takes place in modern steel barrels of 1000 Ql.
The area reserved for the aging process houses large French oak barrels from Alliers and barriques of French oak.
Our grandparents taught us that through the land our ancestors bequeathed us their lives.
Living in it and from it we hand it on transformed to our descendants.
The land gives us a ‘moral’ inheritance.
The relationship is one of justice and equality.
The most important debt, that of loyalty, we give back to the earth with love, care, fatigue and attention.
We work the land respecting this ‘ideal’.
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