Caprili

The estate was founded by Alfo Bartolommei in 1965.

The Bartolommei family settled in the Municipality of Montalcino at the beginning of the last century.  The family originated from Podere Marzolo in the Municipality of Cinigiano (Province of Grosseto).

In 1911, the family moved to Podere Poggi, a tenant farm on the Villa Santa Restituta estate working the land by sharecropping (a typical form of Tuscan farm management).  In the years t...

The Caprili estate spreads out over an area of 58 hectares in the southwest territory of the Municipality of Montalcino on the hillside which slopes down towards the Orcia and Ombrone rivers.

Of the total property, 18 hectares of the land is covered with vines. Sangiovese Grosso is cultivated on a total of 16 ha for Brunello di Montalcino D.O.C.G. and Rosso di Montalcino D.O.C.G.  Trebbiano, Malvasia and Vermentino varieties are planted on ...

Only grapes cultivated from Caprili’s own vineyards are used in its wines.  The vines are trained with a spurred cordon system and sit at altitudes that range from 225 to 340 metres above sea level.  This location, southwest of the winery facing the sea, enjoys the mitigating action of the winds that prevents humid stagnation which can possibly cause fungal attacks on the vines.  Consequently, the only treatments used are copper or sulphur bas...