Fattoria la Ripa, S.A. Santa Brigida Sas

About Winery and Wines

Fattoria La Ripa is a property of S.A.Santa Brigida from 1940. In the 15th century La Ripa was owned by Antonio Maria di Noldo Gherardini, the father of Monna Lisa (the Gioconda of Leonardo da Vinci), who gave a smaller part of the property as dowry for his daughter’s wedding with Francesco di Bartolomeo di Zanobi del Giocondo. The main house was already indicated in the maps of the “Capitani di Parte Guelfa”and is situated in proximity of an ancient “Via di Cresta” (Ridge Road) connecting Val di Pesa and Florence, with Val d’Elsa and the “Via Francigena”, the main road taken by the crusaders from France and Northern Europe in their travels through Siena and Rome to Apulia, from where they sailed to the Holy Land. La Ripa is located on the border between the territories of Florence and Siena, in the area of Barberino Val d’Elsa and Castellina in Chianti townships, in the heart of the High Chianti Classico zone, on the “Strada Provinciale dei Poggi” that goes from San Donato in Poggio to Castellina in Chianti, and has an extension of about 140 hectares. of which about 16 hectares are vineyards and about 12 hectares are written into the Register of Chianti Classico DOCG vineyards. The rest of the property is cultivated with olive groves and grains. A good surface is covered with forests.