Est. 1974 
9 wines 
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Tasting at the Greve cellar
A seated tasting at the Ruffoli cellar, offered either as an introduction to the range or as a longer session for those who want the detail. Groups of four or more can have it tailored.
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Querciabella has worked the hillside at Ruffoli above Greve in Chianti since 1974, when Giuseppe Castiglioni bought a small estate there. Half a century later it is one of the reference points for organic and biodynamic growing in Chianti Classico, with more than 50 hectares in the appellation and 42 more at Alberese in the Maremma. The range runs from the estate Chianti Classico and three single-site Gran Selezione bottlings to Camartina, Palafreno and Batar, the Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco white that has been made since 1988.
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Tuscany
- Est. 1974
- 9 wines
- Tastings
- Tours
- Accommodation
- Booking required
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Experiences at Querciabella
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Private visit to the winery
A private visit to the Greve in Chianti winery arranged on request, alongside the tasting. Requests go through the winery's booking form.
Book this experienceTasting at the Greve cellar
A seated tasting at the Ruffoli cellar, offered either as an introduction to the range or as a longer session for those who want the detail. Groups of four or more can have it tailored.
Book this experienceAbout Querciabella
Giuseppe Castiglioni, known as Pepito, was an industrialist and a serious collector before he was a producer. The estate he bought at Ruffoli in 1974 was small, and what followed over the next two decades was a deliberate reshaping: French varieties planted alongside the Sangiovese, a new cellar built, more vineyard bought, and two wines created that broke with local convention. Camartina came from those French plantings; Batar, first made in 1988, put Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco into a Tuscan white at a time when almost nobody in Chianti Classico was taking white wine seriously.
The second chapter changed how the vineyards were farmed. Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni took over from his father in the mid 1990s and moved the estate to strict organic agriculture, then in 2000 to full vegan biodynamic standards, meaning no animal inputs of any kind in vineyard or cellar. Palafreno, Mongrana and Turpino date from his tenure, as do the first single-vineyard Chianti Classicos. Camartina 2000 was named Italy's best wine in 2004. The estate is now led by Mita Castiglioni, Pepito's eldest daughter, with her children Andrea and Selene, and it marked its fiftieth vintage in the middle of this decade.
The land is split between two very different places. In Chianti Classico the holding runs to more than 50 hectares, centred on Ruffoli, where the flagship wines are still made, with further vineyards at Radda and more recently at Lamole, two of the highest and coolest corners of the appellation. In 1998 the family went south to the coast and established an estate at Alberese, near Grosseto, now 42 hectares. Mongrana, first bottled from the 2005 vintage, comes from there: Merlot, Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc with other red varieties grown in the Maremma.
The wines follow the split. Under Chianti Classico DOCG sit the estate wine, the Riserva and three Gran Selezione bottlings drawn from Greve, Radda and the SA-LA site. Toscana IGT covers Camartina, Palafreno, Turpino, Mongrana Bianco and Batar, which is grown at Ruffoli and carries both organic and vegan certification. Mongrana itself is bottled as Maremma Toscana DOC. Critics have treated Batar as the benchmark case for serious Tuscan white wine, and it remains the estate's most discussed bottle after Camartina.
The Greve cellar is open to visitors, which is not true of every estate at this level. Tastings run from an introduction for newcomers to a longer session for people who want the detail, private visits can be arranged, and groups of four or more can have the tasting built around them; everything goes through the booking form on the winery's site. The cellar sells direct during business hours, Monday to Thursday and Friday mornings and early afternoons, with weekends by appointment, and there are two Tesla destination chargers in the car park for anyone arriving electric.
Visiting Querciabella
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Tastings
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Plan your visit
Località Ruffoli - Via S. Lucia a Barbiano, 50022 Greve in Chianti, Firenze (Toscana)
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What Querciabella makes
Querciabella's current bottle selection is led by Toscana IGT. The clearest grape signal comes from Sangiovese and Chardonnay.
Multiple varieties permitted
Common questions
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Yes. The cellar at Greve in Chianti receives visitors for tastings and private visits, booked through the form on the winery's website. Opening hours are Monday to Thursday 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:30 to 17:30, Friday 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:30 to 16:30, with weekends by appointment only. Wines can also be bought directly at the cellar during those hours.
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