A RAMPANT LION AND DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI’S ANCESTORS

The name of the wine and the rampant lion on the label come from Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s ancestors’ coat of arms. This family in 1592 built Fattoria del Colle where this wine is born. This was an old and rich Tuscan family, mostly jurists and philosophers; they were then called Socini or Sozzini. The names of two Socinis, Lelio (1525-1562) and Fausto (1539-1604) are written in philosophy books as they were free thinkers and against the Church and, because of their writings regarding the Trinity dogma. Unfortunately their creed made them famous but also made them poor because they ended up being excommunicated and all their properties confiscated. Fattoria del Colle became once again property of this family only in 1919 when it was bought by Donatella’s grandfather Livio Socini.
Still today the family blazon, the rampant lion, is visible upon the entrances and on the ceilings of the Colle villa.

DOC ORCIA IS A YOUNG DESIGNATION AMONG THE GREAT

The Leone Rosso wine is a family wine, produced in the 17 hectares of vineyard at Fattoria del Colle, vinified and aged in the estate cellar. Its denomination Orcia DOC extends among the high hills between the Chianti, Brunello and Vino Nobile territories. Hence an area with a particular predisposition to producing red wines with Sangiovese.…

L'articolo DOC ORCIA BIO LEONE ROSSO 2018 sembra essere il primo su Cinelli Colombini.