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Castellani is a family wine company at Pontedera, in the Pisan hills of western Tuscany, with roots that reach back to Alfredo Castellani bottling his own wine in the late nineteenth century. Five generations on, the family farms a spread of estates that runs from Radda in Chianti to the Maremma coast, and its range on this site moves from Chianti and Chianti Classico to Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Two of those estates now open their cellars for visits and tastings, and one, Poggio al Casone, keeps a small resort out among the vines.
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Since spring 2024 the restored tobacco cellar at the Montefoscoli estate near Palaia has opened to the public for tastings drawn from across the family's wines. The Campomaggio estate at Radda in Chianti also runs guided visits and tastings beside its eighteenth-century hamlet. Visits are arranged directly with the estate.
EnquireAt the organically farmed Poggio al Casone estate in the Pisan hills, a restored period villa and two converted cottages make up a small resort for guests who want to stay among the vineyards.
EnquireSince spring 2024 the restored tobacco cellar at the Montefoscoli estate near Palaia has opened to the public for tastings drawn from across the family's wines. The Campomaggio estate at Radda in Chianti also runs guided visits and tastings beside its eighteenth-century hamlet. Visits are arranged directly with the estate.
EnquireThe Castellani story starts at Montecalvoli, in the low country along the Arno, where Alfredo Castellani stopped trading other growers' wine and began bottling his own at the close of the nineteenth century. His son Duilio and Duilio's brother Mario widened the business, and the following generation, led by Giorgio, started shipping Tuscan wine abroad. When the 1966 flood wrecked the Montecalvoli cellar, Giorgio's brother Roberto left journalism for the family trade, turned exports into a worldwide operation, and brought the Poggio al Casone estate into the company.
A fire at Santa Lucia in 1982 came close to ending everything. The recovery was built on two moves: buying the Campomaggio estate at Radda in Chianti, and handing a real role to Piergiorgio Castellani, who remains the public face of the house. Piergiorgio pushed the company towards vineyard research and cellar experimentation alongside outside technical advisers. In 2023, as the family name reached one hundred and twenty years, his son Giacomo and nephew Tommaso came in as the fifth generation.
Castellani is really a collection of estates rather than one walled vineyard. Campomaggio climbs from 280 to 480 metres at Radda, where cool nights slow the ripening and lend Sangiovese its balance. Montefoscoli, near Palaia, is worked organically across forty-five hectares of calcareous, gravelly ground, and the coastal Poggio al Casone is farmed the same way. Burchino, at Terricciola, has stayed in the family for five generations, while the Guadalmare wines lean on the warmer Maremma for their Vermentino and Morellino di Scansano.
The wines carried here trace that map. From the classic heart of Tuscany come Chianti, Chianti Classico and their Riserva versions, together with Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The Guadalmare label speaks for the coast through Toscana IGT Vermentino and Morellino di Scansano, with a Maremma Toscana red beside them. The house also looks past Tuscany, bottling a Primitivo di Manduria and an organic Pinot Grigio under its Grifone range, a sign of how much Castellani has always worked as a shipper as well as a grower.
Visiting has become part of the story too. Since spring 2024 the restored tobacco barn at Montefoscoli has opened to the public for tastings pulled from across the family's cellars, and Campomaggio runs its own visits and tastings beside an eighteenth-century hamlet. At Poggio al Casone, a period villa and two converted cottages form a small resort for guests who want to wake up surrounded by the vineyards.
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Castellani's current bottle selection is led by Chianti DOCG. The clearest grape signal comes from Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Est. 1903 
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