| Azienda Agricola La Querce |
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| Via Imprunetana per Tavarnuzze, 41 |
| 50023 Impruneta (Firenze), Italy |
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ENOLOGIST: Valentino Ciarla (AP-GT) |
OWNER: Massimo Marchi |
Our History La Querce is a small wine estate only few kms away from Florence, on Impruneta hills that spread in the classic Chianti territory. It has been named after a huge oak tree, chopped down during Second World War, that shaded the chapel near the Thirteen Century Villa that is the estate’s centre. |
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In 1962 the estate was bought by Gino Marchi, father of Massimo, the current owner.Since hundreds of years we produce wine and olive oil from the grapes and olives harvested in our fields grown with great passion.In the Seventies we started bottling our wine and olive oil, and since then the quality of our products has continued to improve. |
Villa La Querce The Villa was built in 1500 from a towered “Palagio” (building) of the Twelfth Century, property of Santa Maria Nova Hospital, for possible usage as a hospital or hermitage, destined to the travelers going to the Basilica of Santa Maria dell’Impruneta. During the years it belonged to several Florentine families, until in 1962 was acquired by Gino Marchi, who in the following years started restoration works that also involved the whole estate. |
Our vineyards Our vineyards are about 8 hectares, exposed south, and all of them are planted with traditional local vines: Sangiovese (the majority), Canaiolo, Colorino, Malvasia, Trebbiano. A 2 hectares vineyard has been re-planted in 1999 with a density of 3.500 plants/ha, a second 3 hectares vineyard has been renewed in 2003 with a density of 5.200 plants/ha, while other 3 hectares have been planted in the Sixties with a density of 2200 plants/ha. All of them are grown with spur cordon with a return per plant of about 1,2 Kg grapes. |
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