The Farm
The Sant’Appiano farm is located in one of the most enchanting corners of the Chianti region, among the oldest churches and rolling hills which have made this landscape one of the most famous and loved in the world, easily reachable from the main Tuscan cities, Florence and Siena.
For four generations the Cappelli family has dedicated themselves to the farm with passion and love trying to create a special place, with great respect for tradition and the territory that accomodates them.
History
In the fifteenth and sixteenth century, the property was transferred to the Catellini family from Castiglione, then to the Pitti family, in order of succession, to the Ughi and the Ghibellini families that Dante in the sixteenth canto of Paradise, recalls as one of the great and noble families.
Then came the Muzzi and Pier Francesco di Guccio Gucci from Florence. Arriving to the present day and to the current owners, the Cappelli Family, who acquired the property in 1963. It was Domenico Cappelli who, moved by an innate love for this country, unique in the world, where he grew up, decided to buy the farm. In this territory, to which he had always had a deep respect, Domenico gave body to his great passion: to produce wine.
After his death, in 1999, these feelings of respect, love and passion, have been passed down to the children and then to the grandchildren; and they still are those which are the basis of the farming today. Among the many tangible signs that recount the ancient origins of the estate, a special mention must be made about the cellars, excavated by the Cappelli family. Dug out of the tuff rock within an Etruscan tomb, they still retain the original layout.
