25 bedrooms farmhouse, 4000 m²

San Gimignano, Siena (province)

Between San Gimignano and Volterra, in a strategic position with easy access to main transport routes, an extraordinary 209-hectare organic farm is for sale, featuring three real estate complexes and a medieval village of historical and archaeological significance.
The village, dating back to the year 1000 and located along the historic Via Francigena, covers approximately 3.7 hectares within ancient walls. It includes mills with stone millstones, 60,000-liter cisterns, remains of warehouses, ovens, building foundations, the evocative Church of San Frediano, and defensive towers.
A 1.5 km private road, immersed in a Nature Reserve, leads to the main Villa, a three-story building in need of restoration, surrounded by agricultural and residential buildings.
To the southwest, in a wooded area with views over olive groves, lies a stone and brick farmhouse with three annexes. To the northwest, the third group includes a partially restored farmhouse and four outbuildings, located in a shaded courtyard surrounded by vineyards.
The property includes:
-33.5 ha of vineyards (Vernaccia DOCG),
-5 ha of olive groves (producing extra virgin olive oil),
-162 ha of woodland (9.3 ha convertible to arable land),
-1.5 ha of arable and unused land,
-8 fixed hunting posts currently leased under annually renewable agreements.
Buildings include:
-A farmhouse of approx. 700 sqm on two levels, with 4 annexes and a 6,700 sqm courtyard, to be renovated.
-An ancient farm complex with a main building of 1,246 sqm, a ruin, and three annexes (total 440 sqm), partly to be restored, within a 15,800 sqm courtyard.
-Another farm complex with a three-story main building of 628 sqm and three annexes (total 450 sqm), within a 7,500 sqm courtyard.
General condition: Buildings partly require renovation, with an approved project for agritourism development.
Construction years: Village around 1000 AD; farmhouses from the 1800s.
Total land: 209 hectares, comprising 162 ha of woodland (9.3 ha convertible), 33.5 ha of vineyards, 5 ha of olive groves, 1.5 ha of uncultivated/courtyard areas; 3 ha of courtyards around the buildings; 3.72 ha for the medieval village.
Details about wine production:
- Current vineyard surface: 33.5 ha/82 acres
- Appellation: Vernaccia, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio
- Planting rights: 4 ha/9,8 acres for Vernaccia Docg
- Varieties: Vernaccia Docg 5 ha/12 acres, Chardonnay 24 ha/59 acres, Pinot Grigio 4.5 ha/11 acres; organic and biodynamic cultivation
- Average altitude: 400 m
- Years of planting: Vernaccia 2003, Chardonnay 2009
- Yearly production: Vernaccia 90 quintals, Chardonnay 50 quintals
- Wine produced: Vernaccia DOCG
Details about olive oil production:
- Current surface 5 ha/12 acres
- Plants: 1200
- Distribution: 3 olive groves: 2.77 ha/6,8 acres, 600 olive trees; 1.07 ha/2,6 acres, 250 olive trees; ha 1.16/2,8 acres, 300 olive trees