Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore

Asciano · Siena (SI)

← Toscana

Established

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Benedictine monks of Monte Oliveto

Yearly production

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Location

Asciano, Siena, Toscana

Siena (SI)

Vineyard area

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Appellations

Grance Senesi DOC

History

The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, the mother house of the Olivetan Benedictines founded in 1313 in the Crete Senesi, has long farmed the land of the medieval 'grance' (fortified granges).

Its agricultural company, led by a Benedictine monk, heads the young Grance Senesi DOC (2010), the wine of the Siena grange country.

Wines

Illustrative selection

Grance Senesi Rosso

Grance Senesi DOC · Sangiovese

Sangiovese red of the Crete Senesi grange land.

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