Rejuvenate amidst landscapes shaped by man over the centuries, at the time of year when the Sangiovese vineyards turn to a golden splendour on the hills. It’s the season of the white truffle of the Crete Senesi, known for its extraordinary elegance, rivalling that of Alba. It is also season of freshly produced EVO oil, which at Fattoria del Colle is diversified into five varieties, one of which is preserved in antique terracotta jars. It’s the season when you can already preview the future 2021 Brunello. Click here for more info

3 UNFORGETTABLE WEEKENDS WITH TRUFFLES WITH AN INCREDIBLE AROMA  AND GREAT WINES

The first 3 weekends of November, coinciding with the Crete Senesi White Truffle Market.
Stays take place at Fattoria del Colle, a hamlet-like property built in 1592 around the villa where Donatella Cinelli Colombini still lives today. The villa will open its historic rooms for a guided tour.

The apartments and guest rooms retain much of their original furnishings and floors. Sleeping here will feel like staying in your Tuscan grandparents’ home.

The program unfolds over two or three days and is full of surprises and unique moments.

Of course, there’s truffle hunting in the woods with dogs, so you’ll need to bring wellies or rain boots, as well as a hooded windbreaker.…

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Among the novelties for 2025 is the “driver discount” of €10 for those who have to get behind the wheel after the experience in the cellar and can therefore taste only one wine.

THE FIRST ITALIAN WINERY WITH AN ALL-FEMALE TEAM

Casato Prime Donne is the first winery in Italy to boast a staff made up exclusively of women, from the oenologist to the cellar workers, from the sales staff to the tourist reception staff. This pioneering choice underlines the commitment to female empowerment in the wine sector, giving our wines a unique touch of sensitivity and dedication

A TRAIL AMONG ART, HISTORY AND WINE

The cellar offers an immersive experience that goes beyond simple tasting. The paintings and videos seen inside tell the story and traditions of Montalcino, while the contemporary art installations in the organic vineyards create a perfect union between culture and nature. Visitors can explore a trekking route enriched by works of art and read the dedications of illustrious women surrounded by the breathtaking landscape of the Val d’Orcia.

At Casato Prime Donne there are five unique experiences available that celebrate the culture, wine and beauty of the Tuscan territory. Here is an overview of the proposals for 2025.

BRUNELLO AND FARM EVO OIL

The novelty for 2025 is an experience specifically designed for those who love all the excellencies of the Tuscan land.…

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Donatella Cinelli Colombini celebrates Cantine Aperte on 25-26 May 2024 by offering wine lovers who come to her wineries two different and memorable experiences. Itinerant tastings inside and outside the cellars interspersed with stories, tastings of great Brunello and Orcia Doc wines paired with traditional food.

CANTINE APERTE 2024 AT CASATO PRIME DONNE IN MONTALCINO

Here the DOP Tuscan bread made with regional wheat, sourdough and strictly without salt, is accompanied by very tasty Cinta Senese salami (medieval breed of pigs), aged pecorino cheese, extra virgin olive oil from Moraiolo, vegetables grown by the farmers, “Dante’s soup” made with the ingredients that were there in the year 1300 when the great poet passed through this area on his way to Rome.

At Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino the itinerary lasts about two hours and includes 5 stops in front of breathtaking views, works of art and oak barrels where guests will taste, in addition to traditional food, also the future Brunello from the barrel, the Rosso of Montalcino and Brunello also in the Riserva version. Stories and anecdotes, selfies and tastings make this experience unforgettable to tell to friends because it combines great wines, awarded internationally, with the most characteristic and historical flavours of Tuscany, in front of the views of Valdorcia, the first territory in the world to be registered in the heritage of UNESCO humanity in 2004 for the harmony created by peasant work.…

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Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s county inn is different from all the others and offers unique experiences. You’ll wonder what makes it so special. Great red wines with international recognition are born there, it has 430 years of noble history behind it and allows tourists to live inside this history, to eat it, to smell it, to touch it …. All of this with the frame of panoramas that have remained intact over the centuries and of an ORGANIC  BIO nature in which to walk among olive groves, vineyards and woods.

For this reason, spending the long Easter weekend at Fattoria del Colle regenerates the body and mind even if perhaps it leads to a few interruptions in the diet and a few more during the tastings of Brunello. But if you are a wine lover, do not miss the opportunity because a tasting of 6 wines from the barrel and of  5-star Brunellos does not happen easily.

THE EASTER 2023 BANK HOLIDAY PROGRAM

• Overnight stay in double room or apartment
• Buffet breakfast with homemade cakes and biscuits, cold cuts and cheese, omelette and pinzimoni, hot drinks
• Use of parks and hiking trails
• Guided tour of the historic rooms of the Fattoria del Colle (16th century kitchen, armorial hall, billiard room, chapel, Italian garden) with tasting of 2 Orcia Doc wines and 3 extra virgin olive oils
•  Casato Prime Donne winery in Montalcino – guided tour with a wine and music  experience, including the barrel ageing cellar and the new fermentation cellar- with an itinerant tasting of 4 wines including Brunello
• Guided tour on the theme “Wine, vineyard and video” in the cellars of the Fattoria del Colle including the area for refining the sparkling wine and the room that teaches how to listen to the vineyards.

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Cenerentola DOC Orcia is a family wine that Donatella Cinelli Colombini produces from the vines and in the cellar at Fattoria del Colle in southern Tuscany. This is an exclusive wine produced in small amounts.

It is obtained from grapes from two Tuscan varieties: Sangiovese and Foglia Tonda, the latter of which is very rare. This variety had been abandoned about a century ago and thanks to Donatella Cinelli Colombini, who 20 years ago began to cultivate it again, it has now become fashionable. It is in fact the Foglia Tonda that gives the Cenerentola wine a powerful and spicy character, and renders it different from all other wines.

12 bottles of Cenerentola Orcia Doc, six from the 2016 harvest and six from 2017.

The first vintage has been considered a “marathon runner” apt for long cellaring, the second is a  “sprinter” that is already at its best now and for the next three years.

Cenerentola 2016 has obtained ratings from the most important international wine: 91/100 from Robert Parker Wine Advocate; 93/100 from Wine Spectator and James Suckling. It is sold out.

Cenerentola 2017 has just been released and is available as a preview for you.

OFFER OF 12 BOTTLES OF CENERENTOLA DOC ORCIA

Six bottles of 2016 and six preview bottles of  2017

FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

€ 285,00 instead of € 347,00 – exceptionally until November 3rd,

The discounted price includes shipping in Italy or a 20,00 euro discount on shipping abroad

FOR THOSE NOT YET MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

€ 315,00 instead of  € 347,00 exceptionally until November 3^rd.…

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