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Col d'Orcia
Col d'Orcia is one of the historic wineries in Montalcino. The history dates back at least to 1890, when the Franceschi family from Florence acquired the property, which was then known as Fattoria di Sant'Angelo in Colle. In the early 1930s, the Fattoria di Sant'Angelo in Colle presented its Brunellos at the “esposizione di vini” (First exhibition of Italian wines) in Siena, one of the first commercial activities presented in Italy, decades before Brunello became an international and worldwide wine.
The brothers Leopoldo and Stefano Franceschi inherited the estate and therefore divided their shares in 1958. The terms of the separation prohibited both from using the previous name Fattoria di Sant'Angelo in Colle. Leopoldo Franceschi named his estate Il Poggione, the land on which the eponymous cellar still stands today. The grandchildren of Franceschis, Leopoldo and Livia, are currently the owners of Il Poggione.
Stefano Franceschi named his company Col d'Orcia (Hill on the Orcia) after the river that flows through the estate. Stefano Franceschi later married into the royal family of the then future King of Spain, Juan Carlos. He and his wife had no children, and in 1973 Stefano Franceschi sold his estate to the Cinzano family from Piedmont. The Cinzano family was already active in the liquor trade and used the already extensive distribution network to bring the first volumes of Col d'Orcia onto the market.
At the time of purchase by the Cinzano family, Col d'Orcia also cultivated a variety of crops, including wheat, tobacco, olives, and grapes. As proof of this, one of the most important buildings is the mill of the old Fattoria di Sant'Angelo in Colle. In 1973, there were only a few hectares of vineyards, which were expanded during this time under the direction of Count Alberto Marone Cinzano and reached 70 hectares in the early 1980s.
