“Tradition and elegance in the heart of Tuscany”
Since 2001, the winery Terra di Seta is part of an organic family farm run by Daniele Della Seta and his wife Maria Pellegrini. The Pellegrini family has been producing wine for four generations, according to the best Tuscan tradition.
Terra di Seta extends for 46 hectares in the municipality of Castelnuovo Berardenga, within the Additional Geographical Unit of Vagliagli, north of Siena, from which it is only a dozen kilometers.
For some years Maria Pellegrini and Daniele Della Seta have donated their grapes to other companies in the area. 2007 sees the construction of a new winery and the first vintage of wine with label Terra di Seta.
Maria has a long experience in the wine sector handed down from generations and Daniele, after having worked for over twenty-five years as a biologist, has dedicated himself completely to the company. Both work together daily in everything about Terra di Seta, from the care of the vineyard to the harvest, from the production and sale of wine to the farm, visits and tastings.
vineyards and olive groves
The 15 hectares of vineyard are gathered in a single body that extends around the cellar, with an exposure from south-east to south-west. The winery has focused heavily on Sangiovese, using different clones selected from the best, mainly of Chianti origin.
Terra di Seta, despite being in the southernmost area of the production territory of Chianti Classico, is located at about 500 meters high, surrounded by woods, on top of a hill from which you can enjoy an open and bright panorama that gives to the city of Siena. A particular microclimate characterizes the farm, with a constant afternoon breeze and excellent temperature variations between day and night.
The soils are characterized by Macigno, Galestro and Alberese, an ideal terroir for thin and fragrant red wines. The soil is rocky and dry, with vine roots going deep down and finding mineral-rich water, which gives strength and elegance to the wine.
As per the tradition of Chianti, the farm produces an excellent Extra Virgin Olive Oil, obtained exclusively from the best olives of Tuscan varieties, more than a thousand olive trees on the property.
BIOLOGICAL, SUSTAINABILITY, BIODIVERSITY
Terra di Seta has been certified organic since 2001, a choice dictated by the desire to practice a precision viticulture, sustainable and contemporary, supported by the characteristics of the territory and the location of the vineyards, Factors that have allowed to obtain excellent results from the beginning, while preserving the uniqueness of the soils and the Chianti style.
The organic management – carried out also thanks to the professional support of the agronomist Ruggero Mazzilli – is based on the respectful and careful cultivation of vines and olive trees, the targeted pruning of each individual plant, the use of organic products and Use of practices such as manure, which make plants more resistant to disease and increase the soil’s organic component and natural fertility. The most obvious result of this sustainable agronomic choice is the maintenance of biodiversity: on the farm there are many plants and flowers of the territory and numerous species of birds and wild animals.
The company also produces and uses alternative energy through photovoltaic and solar plants.
kosher
Terra di Seta is the only winery in Italy whose entire wine production, from grapes owned – since 2008 – has obtained the kosher certification by a major international certifying body, which guarantees the suitability of food to be consumed by people of Jewish religion, in accordance with the dietary and sanitary hygiene rules established in the Torah.
All the stages of vinification up to bottling are established and coordinated by the property and the winemaker, Enrico Paternoster, under the strict supervision of the certification body.
Food and typical products
The Agriturismo Le Macie, inside the farm, is a family-run tourist structure that dominates the surrounding Sienese countryside and is ideal for those who want to enjoy the peace of an authentic rural landscape among the Tuscan hills, made of woods, vineyards and olive trees, the unique charm of a stay in Chianti Classico.
The apartments for guests are located in the farmhouse of the ‘700 and in the agricultural annex that offer comfort and tranquility and a total of 18 beds. In the farm there is also a panoramic swimming pool and a hot tub.
The property organizes visits and tastings of its products, and since 2018 has added the possibility to eat in an inn (kosher, dairy), which offers mainly Tuscan cuisine, based on local legumes, ancient Tuscan grains and products from the organic garden.
The “Terra di Seta” brand represents therefore the objective of the Della Seta-Pellegrini family, which is to obtain traditional products of excellent quality and refinement, coming from a unique land that characterizes them.
