| Company | Casa Lucii |
| Location | Tuscany-San Gimignano (SI) |
| Foundation year | 1948 | Organic |  |
| Organic certification | Suolo e Salute IT BIO 004 09-04131 |
| Vegan certification |
The History
Since 1948..
In 1948, immediately after the war, Serafino Luciiand his wife Teresa restored the wine and must business activity carried out in the winery located on via Francesco Ferrucci in Certaldo (birthplace of the poet Giovanni Boccaccio).
In the early 1900s, with the arrival of the railroad the village of Certaldo became a collection centre of Chianti wine which was transported to the port of Leghorn and loaded on ships sailing to New York!
The wine container par excellence was the Tuscan flask, blown, covered with straw, filled and loaded through the involvement of a great number of people.
The 1970s
Serafino and Teresa’s son Libanio took over the trading and brokerage activity and, in the 1960s and ’70s , during the rural exodus from the Tuscan countryside resulting from the abolition of sharecropping, his foresight lead him to acquire many a farmstead (the Italian podere, a farm and its buildings where the sharecroppers once lived). He painstakingly devoted himself to restoring production, heedful of the new requirements dictated by the imminent mechanisation (the tractor replaced the oxen).Step by step, the number of farmsteads and vineyards increased, and the estate was structured in such a way as to meet the new demands.
The 1980s
The new cellar, the driving force of the estate, was built in the ’80s, becoming the focal point of continuing attention and investments to allow the production of quality wines combining tradition and innovation. To maintain the original identity of the farmsteads and give new life to the dwellings on each farm, over the years several estate production units were constituted, managed and promoted collectively under the Casa Lucii trademark.
The 1990s
During the ’90s, attentive restoration works were carried out to refurbish the ancient manor house, thus converted into the estate’s headquarters in the Municipality of San Gimignano locality of Santa Maria a Villa Castelli.
Their motto, in humo virtus, intends to convey both the complexity and humble origins of our work: Virtue in Soil.
In a wider meaning, fertile land carrier of life or even life that generates life.
Plant litter that falls to the ground is reborn through an organic process called humification, which occurs owing to millions of saprophytic bacteria. The newly activated organic matter generates soil fertility and favours the luxuriant growth of other herbaceous and arboreous species.
Understanding this process means respecting the earth, life and their complex dynamics. Knowledge of their laws allows one to understand and manage production processes, from planting to harvesting, from winter pruning of the vines to winemaking. And, more generally, the pursuit of harmony involves our family, our co-workers and the people who, for some reason or other, are connected with our estate.
ARTURO – Rosso Toscano IGT
SERAFO – Chianti Superiore DOCG
SENARUM – Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG
FUSCELLI – Chianti DOCG
MARETERRA – Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva DOCG
Olio Extra Vergine di Oliva
Biologico Toscano IGP
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
PASTELLO – Bianco Toscano IGP
SPICCHIO – Rosato Toscano IGP