tenuta di mensanello

Tenuta di Mensanello, a 19th-century property, extends for about 300 hectares on the slopes that run through the heart of the Chianti Senese. It is a beautiful land where agriculture blends with the landscape and this blends with history.

Ada and Alessandro began working for this agricultural business as “factor” and “factoress” in the 1920s, purchasing the entire property in the 1950s. Today, Neri, their grandson, together with Annarita and Flora, manage the estate, accompanied by young collaborators and also by historic members of the great Mensanello team. This agricultural company focuses on multifunctionality and the fortunate combination of innovation and tradition. Here, the range is from the cultivation of vines and the transformation of grapes into wine, to the care of the olive trees and the pressing of olives at the company's oil mill. The arable land is cultivated extensively, with the presence of autumn-winter cereals (wheat, spelt, barley), legumes (fava beans), and oilseeds (sunflower). Alfalfa is also cultivated, which is of fundamental importance for improving soil fertility, and a portion of the woods is dedicated to pigs raised in a semi-wild state, in a complex agro-forestry-pastoral system that guarantees animal welfare and meat quality. A recent introduction was the creation of a “nano” brewery on the farm, where beers are produced with local raw materials.

Visitors are taught the production philosophy with the peculiarities and knowledge that distinguish it, through tastings, guided tours of the production areas and agro-trekking for the cultivated plots. Telling and sharing our reality for us is the real added value that we offer to those who come on holiday with us. The management paradigm of the Tenuta di Mensanello puts the "land" factor at the center, considering it the most precious asset it has, which must be not only safeguarded but improved over time, adopting agronomic techniques and strategies specific to the era in which we live, with a view to rational, reasoned and real agriculture.

Wine, our flagship, is a precious production that has a strong connection with the territory, but at the same time, all our desire for innovation.

Tenuta di Mensanello produces five red wines, one rosé and one white:
• FILI Chianti Docg - 75% Sangiovese, 10% Trebbiano Toscano, 5% Malvasia Bianca, 5% Colorino, 5% Others
• SOTTOVENTO Chianti Colli Senesi Docg – 100% Sangiovese
• 33XCENTO Rosso di Toscana Igt - 34% Sangiovese, 33% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon
• FONTEDIACCIA Rosso di Toscana Igt – 100% Merlot
• ADA Rosso di Toscana Igt – 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
• ROSA DEL CETINALE Rosato di Toscana IGT - 75% Sangiovese, 10% Trebbiano Toscano, 5% Malvasia Bianca, 5% Colorino, 5% Others
• NOVECENTO72 White Wine - 40% Chardonnay, 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Trebbiano Toscano.