Villa Le Corti

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Villa Le Corti is located on the hills near San Casciano in the Val di Pesa, in the northern part of the Chianti Classico area. It belongs to the Corsini family since 1363 and at the beginning of the 1600s was renovated for its current look following the project of the Italian painter and architect Santi di Tito (1536-1603). Through the centuries, Villa Le Corti has always been famous for its production of high-quality wine and olive oil. Since 1992 it is the main home of Duccio Corsini and his wife, Clotilde Trentinaglia de Daverio. It extends over 230 hectares of land, of which 50 are planted with vineyards and 63 with olive groves; the soil is characterized by prominent bedrock and river pebbles alternating with brown clay. The vineyards, all on hillsides, are at an elevation of 220-350 meters above sea level with primarily southern exposure. The vines are trained using the spurred cordon system, pruned low to take advantage of the warmth of the soil. Sangiovese has always been the most important grape variety cultivated here, today grown along with other red grapes (the indigenous Colorino and the international Merlot). The main objective of Villa Le Corti is to produce high quality Chianti Classico that can accurately express the territory of origin respecting the environment, the seasonality, the rhythms of nature and, above all, the uniqueness of the vines.