Antinori Le Mortelle

The Le Mortelle estate is located in the Tuscan Maremma near the town of Castiglione della Pescaia. It was once part of a even larger property called La Badiola, important enough to be already identified on the maps of Grand Duke Leopoldo II of Tuscany in the 19th century. The Hapsburg Lorraine rulers of the Grand Duchy, by draining the marshy and malaria-ridden area around Grosseto, the local capital, wished to make their La Badiola and Alber...

270 overall hectares (675 total acres), 160 of which (400 acres) planted to vineyards. There are, in addition, 15 hectares (37 acres) of organically cultivated fruit orchards, (peaches, plums, apricots, pears, and blueberries) along with two artificial lakes, the larger of which covers a surface of six hectares (15 acres). The property is surrounded by low hills covered by olive groves and woods.

The 160 hectares of vineyards are planted pr...

At Le Mortelle ecological sustainability means the systematic and organized maintenance of traditional practices, namely attention to recycling and the careful use of raw materials, working methods which personify the essential spirit of the estate.

One example is the desire to continue the direct sale of the fruit, marmalade, and jam produced from the property’s organic agriculture in order to maintain the historic destination – to visitor...