For sale villa in countryside San Miniato Toscana

Magnificent 500-acre estate with an aristocratic 1500s mansion, a farmstead, vineyards and prestigious winery, for sale in San Miniato, Pisa. On the top of a hill in the heart of Tuscany, halfway between Florence and Pisa, on the Via Francigena, stood one of the many fortified medieval castles and a pilgrim's resting place for several centuries. In the late 1500s the original tower was transformed and incorporated into an elegant aristocratic villa with farm and farmhouses. A long avenue of cypress trees leads to the villa with a main living area on three levels, recently renovated with five bedrooms, a double-arched reception room, high ceilings with exposed wooden beams, original stone fireplaces, and every window present enchanting views of the park and the countryside. From here the gaze sweeps far away, on one side to San Gimignano and Volterra, on the other to Montecatini Terme, while in front, beyond the hills, up to the sea. Attached to the villa is farmstead with guest apartments, various rooms for farming use and a tasting room in perfect rustic Tuscan style with a panoramic terrace. The wine cellar is the beating heart of the estate, perfectly equipped and with an ancient history handed down since 1508 and still producing over 200,000 bottles a year including Chianti Docg, Vinsanto del Chianti Doc, IGT Toscana Rosso, IGT Toscana Bianco, Vermentino, Rosato, Grappa di Chianti. Artesian wells and a private lake surrounded by woods provide water supply for irrigation and for a possible swimming pool. The estate is completed by additional farmhouses and outbuildings to be recovered and transformed into agritourism hospitality owing already an agricultural development plan approved by local authorities for a total surface up to 5.000 square meters/53819 sq ft.

PROPERTY Ref: PIS2451

Location: San Miniato, Province: Pisa, Region: Tuscany.

Type: 200 hectare/494 acres estate with a to late 1500s noble mansion, a farmstead with annexes totaling approx. 5688 sq m/61225 sq ft, a centuries-old landscaped park, olive grove, Chianti DOCG vineyards and a prestigious equipped winery

Year of construction: medieval origins, noble villa built late 1500s

Condition: mansion and farm recently renovated villa, ruined farm buildings to be restored and converted

Garden: 5000 sq m/1 acre park with pine and cypress trees, automatic irrigation system

Land: 200 hectare/494 acres consisting of 0.5 ha/1.2 acre park landscaped with century-old pine and cypress trees, equipped with automatic irrigation system, 18,5 ha/ 45 acres and, 60 ha/148.2 acres of pastureland, 60 ha/148.2 acres of forest with holm and oaks that favor White Truffle, Bianchetto Truffle and Black Truffle reserve
DETAILS ON WINE PRODUCTION
- Currently vineyard surface: 18,5 ha/45 acres of vineyards (Chianti DOCG and IGT denominations)
- Varieties: Sangiovese 10.9 ha/26.9 acres, Merlot 1 ha/2.4 acres, Syrah 0.9 ha/2.2 acres, Petit Verdot 1.6 ha/3.95 acres, Pugnitello 0.9 ha/2.2 along with Cabernet Franc, Malvasia nera and Pinot nero; Trebbiano 1.6 ha/3.95 acres, Vermentino 1.5 ha/3,7 acres, Chardonnay 0.4 ha/0.8 acres and Malvasia bianca
- Average altitude: 250 m. asl
- Years of planting: 2005- 2012, you can replant 3 hectares per year
- Training: pruned-spur cordon (5.000/7.000 vines/ha)
- Yearly production: up to 111,000 bottles, with the purchase of grapes up to 180,000 bottles per year
- Wine produced: Chianti DOCG, Vinsanto del Chianti Doc, IGT Toscana Rosso, IGT Toscana Bianco, Vermentino, Rosato, Grappa di Chianti
- Facilities and equipment: 1260 sq m/13562 sq ft winery building with yard and weighbridge, in a dominant position on the hilltop, equipped with stainless steel vats, oak barrels, oak barriques, refrigerated winemaking plant, temperature-and humidity-controlled storage rooms. Separate "Vinsantaia" room for grape dehydration with chestnut and oak casks

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL PRODUCTION DETAILS
- Surface: 10 ha/24.7 acres of olive groves with some 3000 trees mostly pruned in the last 2 years
- Varieties: Frantoio, Moraiolo, Leccino, Pendolino and the prized local variety Mignola
- Production capacity: 3500 liters per year
- Facilities and equipment: local "Orciaia" with equipment for filtration and storage of oil in stainless steel

Mansion Layout:
Three-story mansion of approx. 700 sq m/7534 sq ft
Ground Floor: entrance hall, main reception with 4 connected rooms and access to the loggia and the built-in wood oven, a kitchen with dining, pantry, bathroom, utility and technical room
First Floor: large living room, kitchen, 4 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 master bedroom with en suite
Second Floor: rooms for attic use with heights over 3 m to be transformed

Annexes:
The Farm
House A: 282 sq m/3035 sq ft partially renovated in 2015 with 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen and living room with original fireplace, terrace with wood oven and private garden
House B: 80 sq m/861 sq ft renovated in 2009 with 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen and living room with original fireplace and private garden
Building C: garages and apartments for a total of approx. 500 sq m/5381 sq ft, partially to be renovated
Buildings D: 4 farm buildings in ruins, to be renovated, totaling 2471 sq m/26597.62 sq ft and consisting of D1 of 510 sq m/5489 sq ft, D2 of 500 sq m/538 sq ft, D3 of 694 sq m/7470 sq ft and D4 of 392 sq m/4219 sq ft all with the possibility of recovery and transformation for residential use, either private or for agritourism purposes
Building E: annex tractors of 375 sq m/4036 sq ft of new construction

Swimming pool: possibility to build a pool, subject to planning permission

Distance to services: 10 km/6 miles

Distance to main airports: Florence 43 km, Pisa 50 km, Bologna 133 km