Olivi – Le Buche
Chianti Superiore (DOCG)
Val D'Orcia (DOC)
Le Buche is a wine producer on south of Tuscany. It was established in 2002 by Giuseppe Olivi and his son Riccardo. The Winery, under the guidance of Andrea Paoletti, well known winemaker (already consultant for Ornellaia, Caiarossa, I Veroni, Amepeleia and others) makes an assortment of wines focused largely on Bordeaux blends (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot). The wide range of wines includes also 3 different Protected Designation of Origin: • Toscana IGT for the most part of the wines • 2 Orcia Doc for a red wine and a white wine called Coreno (Trebbiano and Malvasia) • 1 Chianti Superiore (Colli senesi) The estate is located in a very suited land to the production of wine. There were already large vineyards (called “Vignone”) as it appeared on the ancient maps of Cadastre Leopold of 1826. The wine estate “Le Buche” has 27 hectares of vineyards, including 4 hectares of 60 years old vines with Trebbiano, Malvasia and Sangiovese. Vineyards are located in strategic areas on top of the hills where they can enjoy perfect climate conditions. Soils are very different one to the other from the clay, silty-clay soils of the red-grape varieties to the gravel soils for the white ones. The Winery, thanks also to Florence University rediscoveries, produces from 2005 a rare native Tuscany grape variety called Pugnitello. The Pugnitello grapes give a wine with an intense red colour with purple notes, good structure and soft tannins. It is interesting both as mono varietal wine as in a blend giving special features to the aging of the wine.
Directions · Motorway exit A1 "Chiusi Chianciano Terme", turn left towards Sarteano. · After 1 km on the right turn right on to the white road "Strada vicinale Molin del Vescovo" · Continue on this main white road, for 1.3 km and you will arrive at a crossroads. · Turn right on this road "strada Vicinale Palazzo di Pirro - San Felciano" and follow the first sign "OLIVI CANTINE" Soc Agr Le Buche srl". · continue on this main white road and you will arrive at the 2nd sign for "OLIVI CANTINE" · Continue for 2.3 km and you will arrive at an antiche gate this is the entrance of the Estate "Le Buche
Territory: Nearby you can find
he Archaeological Museum of Sarteano is located inside Palazzo Gabrielli, a 16th century building which incorporates clear pre-existing medieval elements, such as the so-called “dead man’s door” in the second room. The door, situated high above road level, was accessible via a ladder that was removed at night to offer more security. Once it had lost its everyday use the door was only opened to let the coffins pass and load them on a cart. The ceiling of the second room is decorated with the emblem of the Gabrielli family and numerous fireplaces adorn the rooms on the first floor. In the basement, that once served as cellars, the foundations are directly resting on a bank of local travertine. The exhibited finds were discovered in Etruscan tombs cut in the same rock creating a suggestive parallelism.
THE TOMB OF THE INFERNAL CHARIOT HOW TO VISIT Visits to the tomb take place every Saturday and can be booked in advance at the museum desk, by phone 0039 0578269261 or by email: info.museo@comune.sarteano.si.it or museo@comune.sarteano.si.it Between October and May the visit takes place on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.; between June and September the visits take place on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. and on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. Tickets booked by phone or e-mail should be collected and paid at the Museum before the start of the visit at least half an hour before. The Tomb has to be reached by private transport.
