Montecalvi is a certified organic estate of ancient origin in the heart of Tuscany.
Wine has been made at Montecalvi since the 1400s. For centuries, Montecalvi was part of the Castello di Uzzano estate, at one time owned by Niccolò da Uzzano, a Florentine politician in the Medici era, and latterly owned by Don Briano Carlo Maria Castelbarco-Albani Visconti Simonetta dei principi di Montignano (the Count Castelbarco). It was farmed throughout this period according to the mezzadria system, by which local farmers farmed the estate for, and shared the year’s harvest with, the castello.
Montecalvi became an independent estate in the 1980s and is now owned by the Drake family, owners of Collalto in the Adelaide Hills region of Australia. They have set about upgrading and updating the vineyards, restoring the old vines (they have one of oldest vineyards in Tuscany, planted in 1932) and replanting with indigenous Italian varieties. They are now a certified organic estate and everything they do is with an eye towards sustainable farming in the vineyard and making wines (and olive oil) that are the best reflection of the particular place in their particular part of Tuscany.
