VILLA S. ANDREA
Villa S. Andrea is located in the heart of Tuscany , between the provinces of Florence and Siena. It covers over 600 hectares in the Chianti Classico region and it has the ancient village of Fabbrica at its center. In the village there is a church dedicated to Saint Andrea, the aging wine cellars and a villa.
Around the village there are 50 hectares of vineyards with the best possible sun exposure, located at about 250 m above sea level. In addition you can find olive groves in the surrounding hills from which we produce our olive oil; and arable land where a variety of seasonal crops are grown. Some of these areas are irrigated with water coming from the two large lakes that belong to Villa S. Andrea. The property is part of the wildlife and hunting company Villa Sant’Andrea “Fabbrica – Santa Cristina”.
The wine estate takes its name from the church dedicated to Saint Andrea, and dominates the hill. From its highest point following the contours of the land, we see unfolding the other buildings and the old cellars, entirely dug into the hill and arranged in parallel rows. Here the wine, held in obscure silence, gently ages in oak casks and barriques.
Villa S.Andrea Chianti Classico, is a gem on the Chianti Classico area.
Villa S. Andrea’s vineyards occupy about 50 hectares between 250 to 300 m above sea level: the majority of the vineyards are Sangiovese; however there is also a small percentage of foreign varieties such as Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet- Sauvignon. Farmers employ advanced growing and oenological techniques but also keep with Tuscany’s traditional cellar practices.
The vineyards have recently been updated in accordance with new quality criteria: selected plants have been planted, planting density has increased and the output per plant has been reduced. These changes have been made to increase the quality of the wine.
Villa S. Andrea has two old cellars most likely built around the year 1000 AD, with stones taken from the surrounding countryside. These cellars are used in the aging of the wine, a process that is done in French oak barrels of 35 hectoliters each, for a total of 600 hectoliters. The additional cellar is also used for wine making. However it is newer and houses 24 cement tanks with a total capacity of 5,000 hectoliters . After the grapes have been hand picked, the wine goes through a process of red vinification, carried out through a long process of maceration . This process is followed by the preparation of the masses and the transfer of the wine into the wood barrels where aging takes place.
The production can sum up to 260,000 bottles, equivalent to about 2,000 hectoliters.
VILLA S.ANDREA
Villa S. Andrea’s vineyards occupy about 50 hectares between 250 to 300 m above sea level: the majority of the vineyards are Sangiovese; however there is also a small percentage of foreign varieties such as Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet- Sauvignon.
Farmers employ advanced growing and oenological techniques but also keep with Tuscany’s traditional cellar practices.
The vineyards have recently been updated in accordance with new quality criteria: selected plants have been planted, planting density has increased and the output per plant has been reduced. These changes have been made to increase the quality of the wine.
Villa S. Andrea has two old cellars most likely built around the year 1000 AD, with stones taken from the surrounding countryside. These cellars are used in the aging of the wine, a process that is done in French oak barrels of 35 hectoliters each, for a total of 600 hectoliters.
The additional cellar is also used for wine making. However it is newer and houses 24 cement tanks with a total capacity of 5,000 hectoliters . After the grapes have been hand picked, the wine goes through a process of red vinification, carried out through a long process of maceration . This process is followed by the preparation of the masses and the transfer of the wine into the wood barrels where aging takes place.
The production can sum up to 260,000 bottles, equivalent to about 2,000 hectoliters.
