Between San Gimignano and Volterra, in a strategic position with easy access to main transport routes, an extraordinary 209-hectare organic farm is for sale, featuring three real estate complexes and a medieval village of historical and archaeological significance.
The village, dating back to the year 1000 and located along the historic Via Francigena, covers approximately 3.7 hectares within ancient walls. It includes mills with stone millstones, 60,000-liter cisterns, remains of warehouses, ovens, building foundations, the evocative Church of San Frediano, and defensive towers.
A 1.5 km private road, immersed in a Nature Reserve, leads to the main Villa, a three-story building in need of restoration, surrounded by agricultural and residential buildings.
To the southwest, in a wooded area with views over olive groves, lies a stone and brick farmhouse with three annexes. To the northwest, the third group includes a partially restored farmhouse and four outbuildings, located in a shaded courtyard surrounded by vineyards.
The property includes:
-33.5 ha of vineyards (Vernaccia DOCG),
-5 ha of olive groves (producing extra virgin olive oil),
-162 ha of woodland (9.3 ha convertible to arable land),
-1.5 ha of arable and unused land,
-8 fixed hunting posts currently leased under annually renewable agreements.
Buildings include:
-A farmhouse of approx. 700 sqm on two levels, with 4 annexes and a 6,700 sqm courtyard, to be renovated.
-An ancient farm complex with a main building of 1,246 sqm, a ruin, and three annexes (total 440 sqm), partly to be restored, within a 15,800 sqm courtyard.
-Another farm complex with a three-story main building of 628 sqm and three annexes (total 450 sqm), within a 7,500 sqm courtyard.
General condition: Buildings partly require renovation, with an approved project for agritourism development.
Construction years: Village around 1000 AD; farmhouses from the 1800s.
Total land: 209 hectares, comprising 162 ha of woodland (9.3 ha convertible), 33.5 ha of vineyards, 5 ha of olive groves, 1.5 ha of uncultivated/courtyard areas; 3 ha of courtyards around the buildings; 3.72 ha for the medieval village.
Details about wine production:
– Current vineyard surface: 33.5 ha/82 acres
– Appellation: Vernaccia, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio
– Planting rights: 4 ha/9,8 acres for Vernaccia Docg
– Varieties: Vernaccia Docg 5 ha/12 acres, Chardonnay 24 ha/59 acres, Pinot Grigio 4.5 ha/11 acres; organic and biodynamic cultivation
– Average altitude: 400 m
– Years of planting: Vernaccia 2003, Chardonnay 2009
– Yearly production: Vernaccia 90 quintals, Chardonnay 50 quintals
– Wine produced: Vernaccia DOCG
Details about olive oil production:
– Current surface 5 ha/12 acres
– Plants: 1200
– Distribution: 3 olive groves: 2.77 ha/6,8 acres, 600 olive trees; 1.07 ha/2,6 acres, 250 olive trees; ha 1.16/2,8 acres, 300 olive trees
Utilities:
All buildings are equipped with a connection to public electricity, water, telephone network, and sewerage
Distance from services: Volterra 13 km
Distance from main airports: Florence 75 km, Pisa 76 km
Gravel road: 1,5 km for the closest buildings, 2,4 km for the most distant ones
Layout:
Estate 1, 1232 sq m/13261 sq ft + courtyard 6700 sq m/72118 sq ft
Main residential buildings 701 sq m/7545 sq ft on two levels, with the possibility of building 15/35 bedrooms
Agricultural building 380 sq m/3315 sq ft
Annex 48 sq m/516 sq ft
Annex 61 sq m/656 sq ft
Annex 42 sq m/452 sq ft
Estate 2, 1686 sq m /18147 sq ft + courtyard 15,800 sq m/3,9 acres
2 prestigious buildings of 1246 sq m
Annex 213 sq m/2292 sq ft
Ruin 127 sq m/1367 sq ft
Estate 3, 1082 sq m/11646 sq ft + courtyard 7500 sq m/80729 sq ft
Main building 628 sq m/6759 sq ft
Annex 288 sq m/3100 sq ft
Annex 138 sq m/1485 sq ft
Annex 28 sq m/301 sq ft
Medieval village, 3, 72 ha/9 acres
It is possible to reorganize the existing volumes by modifying the buildings upon presentation of a Recovery Plan
