Camigliano Castle

The castle, a fortified homestead, had already made a name for itself in the 13th century with consistent demographic growth, and, in 1278, there were reportedly 150 families.

 After depending on the Abbey of Sant’Antimo for a period of time, during the year 1200 Camigliano was lured into the orbit of Siena, and, in the following years, the heads of some of the most important families (Gallerani, Bonsignori) carried out a great newly-noble patrimonial expansion destined to displace the lay people and clergy and to suppress the growing success of the small country property.

 Noble presence is felt even in Camigliano which passes under the authority of these families for many years in the 13th century, but the fact remains that the local community would never disappear from the populous Castle of Camigliano, where a strong rural component seems to have maintained its own vitality for some centuries.

 The current manor house was built inside the entry gate (called “Borgone”) of the old “castle” making the most of the ancient walls that surrounded the homestead. The symbol of Camigliano: the camel, found on a seal dating to the 13th century, can perhaps be connected to the influence of the papacy in the area, and there is speculation of connection to the movements of the Crusades that reached the Holy Land.A MAGICAL PLACE TO MATURE AND TASTE THE WINE

Its realization was possible with an old invasive artifact demolition, that suffocated the ancient town square, obtaining a significant improvement of its architectural structure and opening it to the surrounding landscape with a large terrace.
 The interior is divided into two levels: the first equipped with thermo-conditioned 97-122 hl stainless steel vats and the second, lower down and underground, with the 60 hl French oak barrel department. selected according to the wine produced in the specific vintage and latest generation concrete vats. The remaining surface, adequately separated, is occupied by the storage of wines and bottling area.
 The harvest is carried out by hand, and the wine through oshillys method is conveyed into the vats by gravity without use of pumps.
 The ancient tasting cellar, under the walls of the village, with exposed beams and stone walls, offers ample space for wine tasting, and also, if desired, it can be a place for meditation to savor the different vintages of Brunello and understand its visual, olfactory and gustatory evolution over the years.