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Castello di Fonterutoli
Fonterutoli is a village that makes wine. The medieval hamlet sits on the road between Castellina in Chianti and Siena. The Mazzei family has made wine here since 1435 and still owns the whole village. The estate covers 650 hectares, about 910 football pitches. Vines take 110 of them, split into 114 parcels at 220 to 570 metres. Each plot is fermented on its own in a gravity-flow winery designed by Agnese Mazzei. Guests taste, eat and sleep in the same hamlet. The tasting room, the Osteria and the village Wine Resort all sit within it.
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- Est. 1435
- 6 wines
- Tastings
- Tours
- Accommodation
- Booking required
Est. 1435 
6 wines 
Tastings
Tours
Accommodation
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About Castello di Fonterutoli
The paper trail begins before the family even arrived. On 16 December 1398, the notary Ser Lapo Mazzei wrote to Francesco Datini, the merchant of Prato. He ordered six barrels of wine from Chianti. That letter is seen as the first written record of Chianti as a wine zone. The estate's Ser Lapo Chianti Classico Riserva still carries his handwriting on its label. The Mazzei have made wine at Fonterutoli since 1435. The hamlet, an old Florentine stronghold on the via Chiantigiana, has stayed in the same hands ever since.
The estate spreads over woods and vineyard south of Castellina in Chianti, looking towards Siena. Some 110 hectares of vines, about 150 football pitches, are divided into 114 parcels. They sit between 220 and 570 metres above sea level. The parcels stay separate all the way through the cellar. Seventy-four tapered steel vats ferment them one by one, to keep the character of every plot. Each vat holds 100 hectolitres, the same as around 13,300 bottles.
The winery below the village was designed by Agnese Mazzei, an architect from the family. It steps down three levels. Grapes drop by gravity from the receiving plaza to the vats, then on to the wood. The barrel cellar sits 15 metres down in the rock and holds more than 3,000 oak casks. It needs no climate system. Five natural springs run through its bare stone walls and hold the temperature and humidity on their own. The building belongs to Toscana Wine Architecture, a network of Tuscan cellars by contemporary architects.
Chianti Classico carries the range. It runs from the estate bottling through the Ser Lapo Riserva to the Castello di Fonterutoli Gran Selezione. Above them sit the Toscana IGT wines. Siepi is the family's best-known bottling. Concerto di Fonterutoli stands beside it, along with Philip, a Cabernet Sauvignon drawn from two estates. Philip is named after Philip Mazzei, an ancestor born near Florence in 1730. He made his name in Jefferson's Virginia.
Few Chianti estates are this open. Cellar tours run daily. The 75-minute Fonterutoli Wine Tour includes four wines and costs 45 euros. At the top sits The Icons, at 170 euros. It is a private tasting of two vintages each of Castello di Fonterutoli, Concerto and Siepi. The Osteria di Fonterutoli cooks for the estate. The Societa Orchestrale pours wine by the glass in the village bar. The Wine Resort scatters its rooms and suites through the hamlet's stone houses.
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Chianti Classico
The galestro and alberese hills between Florence and Siena, where Sangiovese became Italy's most quoted red.
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Castello di Fonterutoli
Castellina in Chianti, Siena · Chianti Classico
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Experiences at Castello di Fonterutoli
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Super Tuscan Grand Tasting
An experience designed to celebrate two "icons" of the Super Tuscan phenomenon that contributed to an epochal turning point in Italian viticulture: Concerto di Fonterutoli, a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon from Fonterutoli born in 1981, and Siepi, created in 1992 thanks to the intuition of Lapo Mazzei. It includes a private tour of the signature winery at Castello di Fonterutoli and a tasting of six wines, including three vintages of Concerto di Fonterutoli and three vintages of Siepi.
1h 30
From €120 per person
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The Icons
Access the beating heart of the Castello di Fonterutoli estate: after the cellar tour, the journey continues into the evocative barrel room, where silence, time, and oak guide the evolution of our wines. An exclusive tasting awaits you here, featuring the three wines that represent the identity and oenological history of Fonterutoli: Castello Fonterutoli, Concerto di Fonterutoli, and Siepi, offered in two vintages, including one from our library collection, for each label, for a total of six wines. A direct comparison between different harvests that allows you to grasp the evolution of the wines, the expression of the individual vineyards, and the style that has always distinguished our production.
1h 30
From €170 per person
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Fonterutoli Wine Tour
The Fonterutoli Wine Tour includes a complete wine tour at the Castello di Fonterutoli signature cellar. Accompanied by our Wine Experts through the history of the Mazzei family, passing through the innovative winemaking and refinement systems, concluding with a technical tasting of four wines, two of which are company Crus.
1h 15
From €45 per person
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Private VIP Tour
An experience at the heart of the Mazzei world. The Private VIP tour is designed for those who want to personalize their experience at Castello di Fonterutoli, becoming the author of their own visit and tasting. The tour consists of a complete visit to the signature cellar with a tasting of five wines of your choice (up to 3 company Crus, including Siepi and Concerto, plus other references also from the Zisola and Belguardo estates). All this can be done while comfortably seated in one of the exclusive tasting rooms.
1h 30
From €75 per person
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Fonterutoli Wine Tour & Orchestral Society
To crown the Fonterutoli Wine Tour experience, it is possible to combine a platter of typical cured meats and cheeses, accompanied by a bottle of Fonterutoli Chianti Classico.
2h
From €60 per person
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Fonterutoli Wine Tour & Tapas Lunch
The Fonterutoli Wine Tour experience is completed with the combination of a light lunch at the Wine Bar Società Orchestrale, based on 0 Km game tapas, coming from the hunting estate of the Castello di Fonterutoli, combined with a bottle of Chianti Classico Fonterutoli
2h 30
From €75 per person
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Fonterutoli Wine & Food
The complete food and wine experience in the heart of Chianti Classico. The Fonterutoli Wine Tour, at the winery, is integrated with a four-course tasting menu, with paired wines, at the Osteria di Fonterutoli.
3h
From €110 per person
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Fonterutoli Vip Wine & Food
The exclusive experience of the Private VIP tour is completed by a lunch or dinner at the Osteria di Fonterutoli, with a dedicated tasting menu. The food and wine proposal, typical of the area, is specially designed by our Chef in order to enhance the characteristics of the wines and the dishes paired with them.
3h
From €160 per person
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The Icons private tasting
A private cellar visit ending in a six-glass flight of two vintages each of Castello di Fonterutoli Gran Selezione, Concerto di Fonterutoli and Siepi. The Super Tuscan Grand Tasting at 120 euros offers verticals of Concerto and Siepi alone.
1 hour 45 minutes
From EUR 170
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Castello di Fonterutoli Wine Resort
A widespread hotel inside the estate's own hamlet: rooms and suites spread through the village's stone houses, with the Osteria, the village bar and the winery a short walk apart. Books online with seasonal stay-and-taste packages.
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Super Tuscan Grand Tasting
An experience designed to celebrate two "icons" of the Super Tuscan phenomenon that contributed to an epochal turning point in Italian viticulture: Concerto di Fonterutoli, a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon from Fonterutoli born in 1981, and Siepi, created in 1992 thanks to the intuition of Lapo Mazzei. It includes a private tour of the signature winery at Castello di Fonterutoli and a tasting of six wines, including three vintages of Concerto di Fonterutoli and three vintages of Siepi.
1h 30
From €120 per person
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Plan your visit
Localita Fonterutoli, 53011 Castellina in Chianti (SI)
What Castello di Fonterutoli makes
Castello di Fonterutoli's current bottle selection is led by Chianti Classico DOCG. The clearest grape signal comes from Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Common questions
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Yes, daily, and with unusual range. The Fonterutoli Wine Tour lasts 75 minutes, includes four wines and costs 45 euros. Private formats step up from there. The 3 Cru, 3 UGA, 3 Gran Selezione tasting costs 85 euros. The Icons, at 170 euros, pours two vintages each of Castello di Fonterutoli, Concerto and Siepi. Tours are booked through the estate's site, mazzei.it.
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