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  • Weather

    9° C Overcast clouds
  • Time

    09:52 AM
  • Wine average?

    98 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    3
  • Region Ranking?

    2
  • Popularity ranking?

    247

History

San Giusto a Rentennano, a name of Etruscan origin, overlooks the upper course of the Arbia river in the farthest south Chianti Classico wine zone. The estate began life as a medieval monastery of Cistercian nuns and was called San Giusto alle Monache (“of the Nuns”).

In 1204 it was fortified by the Florentines, after a treaty established it as their boundry with Siena.
Only portions of the ancient fortification still stand, its crenellate...

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Vineyards

The estate is comprised of 160 hectares, situated at an average altitude of 270 meters above sea level. 31 hectares are planted in vineyards, 11 in olive groves, 40 in woods, 78 in cultivated and grazing lands. The terrain is composed of various soils rich in different mineral components, sand, clay, lime, alkali, volcanic ash, argil and calcium.

The microclimate is characterized by considerable day and night temperature differences and oft...

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