Where is Castello Monterinaldi?

The estate is at Loc. Pesanella 75, in the hamlet of Lucarelli, in the parish of Radda in Chianti in the province of Siena. It sits on the road between Radda and Panzano, in the northern part of Chianti Classico.

Yes, by booking ahead. Ten visits are listed on this page, from a guided tasting of three wines with the estate's own olive oil up to a full day, and the estate itself advertises an eleventh, a sensory course led by a sommelier on how to taste and how to match wine with food. Ring +39 0577 733533 or write to mail@monterinaldi.it to arrange any of them.

A tasting of three wines with oil and vinegar, or the same three with a board of local cured meats and cheeses; a light lunch or a full lunch in the painted rooms of Villa Pesanella; a guided walk through the vineyards and olive groves; a Tuscan cooking course; a day off-road in the hills; a morning picking grapes at harvest; a truffle hunt in the woods with lunch after it; and, at the top end, a session in the cellar where you blend a wine of your own, after which twelve bottles with your own label are posted to you.

Are the wines organic?

Yes. The estate has been certified organic since 2018, and the olive oil is organic too. In 2023 it also earned Equalitas, an Italian certificate that looks at how the business is run and how it treats the land around it, not only at what goes on the vines.

Sangiovese, mostly. There is a Chianti Classico from the Boscone vineyard, a Riserva, and a Gran Selezione called Radda. Beside them sit two Tuscan reds, Il Gotto di Gottifredo and Pesanella, a white called Arnaldo, a rosé called Apr'il, a sparkling wine and a sweet Vin Santo. The estate also bottles its own olive oil.

Seen from above, the Monterinaldi hill has the shape of a tortoise shell, and the estate took the animal as its badge. It also stands for how the place works: slowly, and without chasing fashions.

Castello di Monterinaldi

Castello Monterinaldi sits on a hill at Lucarelli, in the parish of Radda in Chianti. A count called Gottifredo gave the place its name a thousand years ago. The estate symbol is a tortoise, after the shape of the hill. Wine has been made here since 1961, across seventeen separate vineyards. It has farmed organically since 2018 and holds the Equalitas sustainability mark. Ten visits can be booked, from a fifteen-euro tasting to a truffle hunt in the woods.

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About Castello di Monterinaldi

Seen from above, the Monterinaldi hill has the shape of a tortoise shell. The estate took the tortoise as its badge, and it suits the place, because nothing here has ever moved fast. A Lombard count called Gottifredo held the hill in 1010 and gave it its name. In 1686 the castle passed to the Geppi, a Florentine family. Wine only began in 1961, when seventeen separate vineyards were planted across the estate. Paolo Nocentini bought the business in 2023.

The vines lie at Lucarelli, a hamlet in the parish of Radda in Chianti, one of the nine towns whose wine may be called Chianti Classico. Radda is among the coolest of the nine, which suits Sangiovese. The grapes ripen slowly and keep their bite. Down in the cellar the wine goes into concrete tanks and French oak casks.

The estate has farmed organic since 2018 and is certified. In 2023 it also earned Equalitas, an Italian mark that looks at the business and the land around it, not only at what goes on the vines. The olive oil is organic too.

Sangiovese leads. There is a Chianti Classico off the Boscone vineyard, a Riserva, and a Gran Selezione called Radda. Beside them sit a Tuscan red named after Count Gottifredo and another called Pesanella. There is also a white called Arnaldo, a rosé called Apr'il, a sparkling wine and a sweet Vin Santo.

Ten visits can be booked and they cover a lot of ground. Fifteen euros buys a tasting of three wines with the estate's own olive oil and a balsamic vinegar. Lunch is served in the painted nineteenth-century rooms of Villa Pesanella, in two lengths. There is a cooking course, a walk through the vineyards and olive groves, a day off-road in the hills, and at harvest time a morning picking grapes. There is also a truffle hunt in the Chianti woods with a hunter and his dog, then lunch built around what you found. Dearest of all, at six hundred euros, is a session where you blend a wine of your own after the cellar tour.

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Loc. Pesanella 75, Lucarelli, 53017 Radda in Chianti (SI)

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Go out into the woods with a truffle hunter and his Lagotto dog to find the truffles that grow wild there, then sit down at Villa Pesanella to a lunch built around them. The cellar visit is included. From 310 euros a head for one or two people, falling to 190 for groups of ten or more.

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The estate is at Loc. Pesanella 75, in the hamlet of Lucarelli, in the parish of Radda in Chianti in the province of Siena. It sits on the road between Radda and Panzano, in the northern part of Chianti Classico.
Yes, by booking ahead. Ten visits are listed on this page, from a guided tasting of three wines with the estate's own olive oil up to a full day, and the estate itself advertises an eleventh, a sensory course led by a sommelier on how to taste and how to match wine with food. Ring +39 0577 733533 or write to [email protected] to arrange any of them.
A tasting of three wines with oil and vinegar, or the same three with a board of local cured meats and cheeses; a light lunch or a full lunch in the painted rooms of Villa Pesanella; a guided walk through the vineyards and olive groves; a Tuscan cooking course; a day off-road in the hills; a morning picking grapes at harvest; a truffle hunt in the woods with lunch after it; and, at the top end, a session in the cellar where you blend a wine of your own, after which twelve bottles with your own label are posted to you.
Yes. The estate has been certified organic since 2018, and the olive oil is organic too. In 2023 it also earned Equalitas, an Italian certificate that looks at how the business is run and how it treats the land around it, not only at what goes on the vines.
Sangiovese, mostly. There is a Chianti Classico from the Boscone vineyard, a Riserva, and a Gran Selezione called Radda. Beside them sit two Tuscan reds, Il Gotto di Gottifredo and Pesanella, a white called Arnaldo, a rosé called Apr'il, a sparkling wine and a sweet Vin Santo. The estate also bottles its own olive oil.
Seen from above, the Monterinaldi hill has the shape of a tortoise shell, and the estate took the animal as its badge. It also stands for how the place works: slowly, and without chasing fashions.

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