Villa di Geggiano
Around
the enchanting hills of Chianti Classico, world famous for their wines, their
natural beauty and their millenary history, just
six kilometres from Siena, is the centuries-old Villa di Geggiano, home since
1527 of the Bianchi Bandinelli family and its winery.
Today the family
continues to manage the Villa and the precious surrounding vineyards with the
passion of those who thoroughly appreciate the beauty and richness of this land.
The
Villa and garden, originally built in the 13th century and completely
renovated around 1780, have been declared a National Monument.
The
Villa and garden, with their original decorations and furnishings,
form an exceptional historical site where visitors are brought back to
the atmosphere of an elegant eighteenth century holiday mansion.
In
the garden, adorned with centuries-old cypresses, sculpted boxwood bushes and
age-old lemon trees, is the characteristic open-air theatre with two late
baroque brick arches surmounted by statues. The side of the "kitchen-garden"
is decorated following topiary art and hosts an orchard and a semi-circular
fishpond that forms a terrace overlooking the magnificent landscape of Siena.
In
the cellar of the Villa,
approximately 40.000 bottles of premium Chianti Classico and Red Tuscan IGT
wines are produced each year, following the highest quality criteria and sold to
several of the most important international gourmet shops, restaurants and
hotels.
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Bianchi Bandinelli - Villa di
Geggiano
Via Geggiano, 1 - 53010 Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI)
Around
the enchanting hills of Chianti, in
Castelnuovo Berardenga, province of Siena, is the centuries old Villa di
Geggiano, home of the Bianchi Bandinelli family and historical seat of the winery.
The
first documents which testify to family's great passion for wine making date
back to 1725 when Niccolò Bandinelli, already knowledgeably producing wine in the
cellars of the Villa, started exporting it to satisfy the requirements of wine
connoisseurs in Gt. Britain.
Even
today the brothers Alessandro and Andrea Boscu Bianchi Bandinelli manage the
family estate where the great care in vineyards growing together with the
scrupulous selection of the grapes and the up-to-date vinification techniques
guarantee the production of superior quality wines.
Technical
information:
Plant
distance .........…
2,50 mt. x 1,50 mt. planting row
Soil
...............................
Calcareous, red loan, Galestro rock
Zone
.............................
Hill, approx. mt. 300 upon sea level
Fertilising
.................
Manuring
Pruning
......................
Short pruning
Fungicide
.................... Bordeaux mixture
Average
vineyard age ...
18 years
Harvesting
..................... Manual in small cases
Vinification
.................... Careful selection and soft crushing of grapes. Temperature controlled
fermentation
in steel tanks for approx. 15 days with periodical rain-like pumping over the
must and manual sinking of the
"hat"
Ageing
………………... In French oak barriques and casks (Allier) of 350, 500, 1.200 and 2.000
litres from a minimum period of 10 months to 3 years for the Chianti Classico
Riserva, depending on the type of wine.
The
annual production is approximately 30.000 bottles, made by following the highest
quality criteria.
Products:
·
Chianti
Classico Villa di Geggiano:
(95/97% Sangiovese, 5/3% Cabernet Sauvignon) comes from a strictly limited cru
located around the villa.
Only
in the very special years the Riserva
is produced choosing the best barrels of this wine.