Cantagallo Estate is a property of the Pierazzuoli Family since 1970 and it extend for 200 hectares between Wine and Olive yards and woods on the Tuscany hills between Florence and Vinci. One the our best production is Chianti Montalbano DOCG Riserva “Il Fondatore” (we produce only 2500 bottles per year) in addition to Chianti Montalbano docg and Montalbano Reserve, Gioveto IGT Toscana, Millarium Vinsanto del Chianti Montalbano DOC Riserva and excellent Extra Virgin Olive Oil Laudemio Cantagallo produced in our oil mill.
Vineyards
30 hectares on Montalbano’s hill
The vineyards have an average age that goes from 10 to 35 years, and they are located on 30 hectares on our tuff – marl hills . Since they are located south which permits our Sangiovese and a small part of our Merlot and Syrah which are only used for the Gioveto igt, an excellent grown and ripness for the production of the Chianti Montalbano docg, Chianti Montalbano docg Reserve and Chianti Montalbano docg Reserve Il Fondatore. While Trebbiano and Malvasia are for processing Millarium Vinsanto of Chianti Montalbano Reserve. Only a few years ago we planted an hectare of Colorino in order to re-introduce an historical native Tuscan variety.
Wine Cellar
barrique room with humidity and temperature control
At the end of the grapes picking all the process of wine making continues in the wine cellars of Cantagallo Estate.
The space for the wine mellow is made in our barrique room with temperature and humidity control located in an old water tank. An old cellar has been equipped for wine making with low inoxidizable tanks, with a large section with temperature control and an implant for the micro oxygenation. The bottling plant is one of the best and it permits to bung a bottle under vacuum, and to wash the bottle and lay the label all on line. The wine refining in bottles is made in dark rooms with controlled temperature and the bottles are located in inoxidizable containers. The “Vinsantaia” is the place where the grapes are hung and the grapes can dry-out for the production of our Millarium Vinsanto of Chianti Montalbano Reserve.
Cantagallo wines
discover our wines
Chianti Montalbano DOCG
Chianti Montalbano DOCG Reserve
Gioveto IGT
Millarium Vinsanto del Chianti Montalbano DOC Reserve
Il Fondatore Chianti Montalbano DOCG Reserve
The wines of Cantagallo Estate are born on the soft tuffaceous hills. Since the vineyards are located in the south apart which allow an excellent maturation of the grapes for the Chianti Montalbano DOCG, Chianti Montalbano DOCG Riserva, Gioveto IGT Toscana, Il Fondatore Chianti Montalbano DOCG Riserva e Millarium Vinsanto del Chianti Montalbano DOC Riserva.
Oliveyards
5000 plants of different varieties
The olive yards of the Cantagallo Estate has over 5000 olive plants. Such as Leccino, Frantoio and Moraiolo make the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Laudemio Cantagallo.
The olive harvest is usually made between the last week of October and the first 20 days of November. Considering that we have our own olive mill it considerably reduces the time that elapses between the harvest and the pressing (after only 4 hours the olive starts to ferment) which helps the quality of the produced oil. All of the production process – starting from the cultivation to the harvest, the pressing the filtering and the bottling is made in the Estate.
Cantagallo Estate is part of the Laudemio Association , born in 1986 in order to be able to improve, the originality and the quality of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil produced on the hills of central Tuscany. The objective is to identify and transform in rules the various phases of the cultivation, extraction and the manufacturing of the oil, just as the tradition has told us to do. Respecting these parameters is how the Extravergin Olive Oil Laudemio Cantagallo is made.
Oil Mill
customized pressing for each lot of olives
Since 2002 Cantagallo Estate has invested in buying of our own olive oil mill to obtain an High Quality Extravergin Olive Oil in order to allow a personalized press for each group of olives. Our experience and the newest machinery allow us to control both the timing and the temperature during all the working period, reducing the oxidation also in the difficult years we keep an High Quality Standard.
Laudemio Cantagallo
extra virgin olive oil
Laudemio Cantagallo is a superior Extravergin Olive Oil quality obtained directly from our owned olives only with mechanical proceedings . It is in bottles of 250 and 500 ml. It’s ideal as seasoning for meat and vegetable dishes. The Laudemio, according to the medieval tradition was that part of oil for the Signore = owner therefore it had to be of the best selection. We still make our Laudemio Cantagallo is made from the variety of Frantoio,Moraiolo and Leccino, harvested early and milled within few hours from the harvest on our olive mill. The conservation is made inoxidizable tanks with controlled temperature and oxygen free. Our attention to the quality and to all the working phases allow us to keep for 2 years our Laudemio Cantagallo.