The Winery and Vineyards ofCASALE - FALCHINIin San Gimignano, TUSCANY
IN RERUM NATURA - FALCHINI
IN RERUM NATURA
For many generations the Falchini family, current owners of the
estate in
San Gimignano (called Casale), have been involved in viticulture, winemaking and oliviculture.
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In the Florentine State Archives there are records that the Falchini family had distinguished themselves in their services towards the Medici family between the 17th and 18th centuries, reporting that:
".. To Carlo Falchini, Son of Pier Giovanni di Lorenzo, born August 22nd 1627, on November 19, 1682
was granted the Florentine citizenship thanks to the Sovereign Cosimo III de' Medici for having faithfully served him and his family".
In the "Treaty of Agriculture" written by Domenico Falchini in the XVIII century it reads the following:
“His son Domenico, born on the 22nd of October 1671, on the 4th of February 1710 took over from his father Carlo,
who was already a factor in Lappeggi, in running the estate. On 22 July 1713 Domenico was appointed
by His Royal Highness Cosimo III de'Medici as the Superintendent of the Villa of Lappeggi
(Bagno a Ripoli, Florence)". In fact, it was in Lappeggi in 1720 that Domenico wrote his famous "Treaty of Agriculture",
in which he speaks "of all that concerns (...) around the cultivation of all sorts and to have the vines pruned
and to making the fate of noble wines (...) white and red, and to make the oil called virgin and other things".
This passion and commitment to the care of the vineyards, olive groves and the production of fine wines and olive oils
still distinguishes the Falchini family in their property Casale,
an historic landmark in San Gimignano.
Our Vineyards and Wines
The Casale Falchini winery and vineyards are located in Tuscany, less than one kilometer from the midieval town of San Gimignano, in the province of Siena in Tuscany, and extends over many hectares of specialized vineyards and thick olive groves, immersed in a landscape of green rolling hills, surrounded by thick forests.
About 65% of the winery's production is represented by the historically famous "Vernaccia di San Gimignano" grape, followed by vines cultivated with Sangiovese, Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Trebbiano, Malvasia and very small productions of Canaiolo and Malvasia Nera.
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The winery history
The winery Casale Falchini was founded in 1964 and by 1968 the first specialized Vernaccia di San Gimignano vineyards were planted. Shortly thereafter, in 1976, 10 years after the newly received DOC status for the "Vernaccia di San Gimignano" (1966), the new modern cellar was built in San Gimignano under the old Casale, where state of the art temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation tanks are located. The first in San Gimignano and among the first in Tuscany to use cold control for the fermentation of the must and the tartaric stabilization of white wines as early as the mid-70s.
The new cellar also contains numerous French oak barrels, for the refining and ageing of some white and red wines, including:
- "Ab Vinéa Doni" Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
- "Vigna a Solatìo Riserva" Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva DOCG
- "Titolato Colombaia" Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG
- "Paretaio" Rosso Toscano IGT
- "Campora" Rosso Toscano IGT
