Campriano

Campriano, besides being a place of rare historical and natural beauty, is a farm of 350 hectares purchased by the Neri family in 1914. The farm, besides having 200 hectares of land covered by oak and holm-oak woods and other typical essences of the Mediterranean maquis, produces cereals and fodder on 120 hectares. The remaining part is occupied by 15 hectares of vineyards and 7.5 hectares of specialized olive groves. Whereas cereals and forages are cultivated in the clayey soils of Pliocene origin of Crete, vineyards and olive groves are located in the part made of stony soils of medium texture, calcareous soils exposed to south, southeast at 350 meters of altitude.

Vineyards planted in the period 1964-1975 have been gradually renewed and integrated by new plantings. As of today are still in production 1.20 hectares of 1971 with a density of 3,500 vines per hectare. In 1995 have been planted 3,15 hectares with a density of 4.444 plants per hectare, followed in 1999 by 3,35 hectares with 4.700 plants per hectare and 5,0 hectares in 2004 and 2005 with a density of 4.900 plants per hectare. In all the vineyards the vines are trained to low spurred cordon and the main varieties are Sangiovese and Canaiolo nero for red grapes which represent 90% of vineyards and Trebbiano Toscano and Malvasia del Chianti for white grapes. Some novelties concern the experimentation of new varieties such as Vermentino, Ciliegiolo and Syrah. Grapes produced in Campriano are harvested in the