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In the village of Cetamura del Chianti, near Badia a Coltibuono, the Etruscans practiced viticulture, as attested by the archaeological discoveries made during the fifty-year excavation campaigns of Florida State University, under the guidance of Professor Nancy De Grummond.

The village, surrounded by walls, was still inhabited at the time of the foundation of the monastery.

The Vallombrosan monks founded the “Cultus Boni” monastery in the place where a small early medieval church existed.

Letter from Baccio Ugolini to Lorenzo the Magnificent where among other things it is said that the “vermillion is better here (in Badia a Coltibuono, ed.)”

With the edicts issued by Napoleon Bonaparte, the abbey was abolished, its assets confiscated, and the monks expelled. The report/inventory of the officials in charge attests to the presence in the cellars of Badia a Coltibuono of 40 barrels of wine, 14 of which are full (equal to 408 barrels of wine).

The Giuntini, Florentine bankers, ancestors of the current owners, purchased the former abbey and its related possessions. First interventions to strengthen the Albereto and CampoCorto olive groves

“The very renowned Chianti wine is made in considerable quantities and is sold with a reputation even abroad and even in America”

Giuseppe Giuntini

First label of the Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico Riserva

Piero Stucchi Prinetti created the first extra virgin olive oil label and opened the restaurant in the ancient stables of the abbey.

Lorenza de’ Medici, well-known food writer and  wife of Piero Stucchi Prinetti, started one of the first cooking schools in Tuscany.

With the conversion of all the vineyards the conversion to organic farming has been completed.

The estate starts following the “Delinat” guidelines, leading to this certification, the most advanced in Europe, that requires standards of biodiversity, social responsibility as well as a path toward carbon neutrality.

A photovoltaic shed is completed.  This will produce enough energy for the Monti winery.