Farm for sale in San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

On the hills of the Tuscan countryside, estate with Agriturismo and winery with panoramic view.
Located a short way from the wonderful medieval town of San Gimignano (8km; 20’), this Agriturismo allows for perfect vacations in the quiet of the Tuscan countryside. The presence of a high-quality cellar is the icing on this already wonderful cake.
As a bonus, the most beautiful towns of Tuscany are easily and quickly reached: The Etruscan Volterra (32km; 45’), the medieval Monteriggioni (36km; 40’), Siena (56km; 1h 5’), the Renaissance Florence (66km; 1h 30’) and the papal Pienza (103km; 1h 45’).
Right next to the property (in the municipalities of Gambassi Terme and Montaione) there is the Parco Benestare (3km on foot), a real geological paradise with minerals outcrops and sulphurous water springs.
The most useful airports are Firenze Peretola (73km; 1h 20’), Pisa Galilei (75km; 1h 15’), Bologna Marconi (154km; 2h 5’); Perugia Sant’Egidio (65km; 2h 5’), Roma Ciampino (2h 10’) e Roma Fiumicino (310km; 3h 15’).


Description of the buildings
The old wine-cellar (1,123 sqm – 12,083 sqft) has been reworked into a new building, including a restaurant (205 sqm – 2,236 sqft), two smaller wine-cellars (554 sqm – 5,991 sqft) for the production and ageing of wine, the reception and offices for the activity (160 sqm – 1,751 sqft), some storage rooms (53 sqm – 600 sqft) and some apartments for the staff (137 sqm – 1,505 sqft).

Next to the building there is an ample meeting hall (184 sqm – 1,980 sqft) recently built, divided between two levels and fitted with an air conditioning system.

The Complex N°1 (710 sqm – 7,640 sqft) includes 9 bedrooms (all suitable for at least 2 people) to rent out. They are classified into 4 types:
- Standard (4) double bedroom (or twin bedroom) and a bathroom with tub and shower.
- Superior (3) double bedroom (or twin bedroom) and bathroom with tub and shower.
- Family (1) double bedrooms and a bathroom with tub and shower.
- Suite (1) living room, double bedroom (or twin bedroom) and private bathroom with shower.

The property is made up of several fully restored country-houses (1,675 sqm – 18,023 sqft, complex N°2, N°3, N°4 and N°5) split into apartments and all fitted with shared swimming pools and individual air conditioning systems.
The tourist apartments are split into four building and each one of them has the name of a famous or historical location.

Complex N°2 (343 sqm – 3,691 sqft)
- Apartment n°1 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, a double bedroom, a twin bedroom and two bathrooms with showers.
- Apartment n°2 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, a double bedroom, a twin bedroom and two bathrooms with showers.
- Apartment n°3 located on the first floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, double bedroom, twin bedroom and two bathrooms with showers.
- Apartment n°4 located on the first floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, a double bedroom, a twin bedroom and two bathrooms with showers.

Complex N°3 (367 sqm – 2,873 sqft)
- Apartment n°5 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 8 people, this apartment is made up of a kitchen, a living room with single sofa-bed, a double bedroom, a twin bedroom, a triple bedroom and three bathrooms with showers. On the outside there is a small private porch.
- Apartment n°6 located on the first floor and suitable for a maximum of 6 people, this apartment is made up of living room with kitchenette, three double bedrooms and three bathrooms with showers.

Complex N°4 (100 sqm – 1,076 sqft)
- Apartment n°7 located at the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 4 people, this apartment is made up of a double bedroom, a twin bedroom and two bathrooms with showers. The apartment is fitted with a private veranda.

Complex N°5 (965 sqm – 10,383 sqft)
- Apartment n°8 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, double bedroom, twin bedroom and bathroom with shower.
- Apartment n°9 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, two double bedrooms and two bathrooms with showers.
- Apartment n°10 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 3 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, double bedroom and bathroom.
- Apartment n°11 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 4 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, two double bedrooms and two bathrooms with showers. On the outside there is a private courtyard on street side, and a private porch on pool side.
- Apartment n°12 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 3 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, a double bedroom and a bathroom with shower.
- Apartment n°13 located on the ground floor and suitable for a maximum of 6 people, this apartment is made up of a living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, two double bedrooms, a twin bedroom and three bathrooms with showers.
- Apartment n°14 located on the first floor and suitable for a maximum of 3 people, this apartment is made up of living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, double bedroom and bathroom with shower.
- Apartment n°15 located on the first floor and suitable for a maximum of 5 people, this apartment is made up of a small living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, two double bedrooms and two bathrooms with showers.
- Apartment n°16 located on the first floor and suitable for a maximum of 9 people, this apartment is made up of living room with single sofa-bed and kitchenette, four double bedrooms and four bathrooms with showers.
On the outside there is also another building including two small storage rooms at one of the extremities and leaving the remaining surface (shared by the tenants and located near the complex ) to be used as a social recreational area.

The Complex N°6 is nowadays earmarked to agricultural use and includes three constructions. The two-story main building is prevalently made up of bricks (only a few parts are stone-made) and has various storage rooms and a cellar on the ground floor, while on the first floor there are two accommodations for the staff.
The second building, a two-story construction too, was originally a barn (as proved by the brick pattern). On the ground floor there are two storage rooms (accessible through archways) and a small garage. On the first floor there is another accommodation fort the staff made up of three bedrooms, a bathroom and a living room with kitchenette.
Last, there is a small depot on a single floor with a metal awning.
The storage rooms and depot have an area of 295 sqm (3,174 sqft), while the accommodations cover a total of 311 sqm (3,346 sqft).

The complex includes two Villas, one close to the other and each fitted with a private swimming pool and outdoor spaces.

The Villa N°1 (457 sqm – 4,917 sqft), suitable for a maximum of 15 people, is divided between three floors and organized as follows:
- Ground floor entrance hall, toilette, kitchen, dining room, living room.
- First floor five double bedrooms (four of which with en-suite bathrooms) and a twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Two of the double bedrooms have a balcony.
- Turret three single bedrooms with terrace and a bathroom with shower (this floor shows a Greek cross plant).
On the outside, the villa is enriched by a private garden with panoramic pool, sun beds and deck chairs. The patio is fitted with BBQ, tables and chairs.

The Villa N°2 (467 sqm – 5,025 sqft), suitable for a maximum of 10 people, is divided between two floors and organized as follows:
- Ground floor entrance hall, laundry, toilette, living room, dining room with kitchen.
- First floor three double bedrooms with private bathrooms with showers, master’s bedroom with en-suite bathroom and double bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
On the outside, the villa is enriched by a private garden with panoramic pool, sun beds and deck chairs. The patio is fitted with BBQ, tables and chairs.

Inside the property there are also a derelict building (572 sqm – 6,155 sqft) which could be restored and used as an additional tourist house, a small church (43 sqm – 463 sqft) used as a storage building and a small shed for the electrical transformer (22 sqm – 237 sqft).

State and finishes
The property is in excellent conditions and with every renovation the original rusticity of the complex has been preserved. The buildings, once intended as accommodations for the workers of the property, are made up of stone on the outside, while the internal walls have been almost completely plastered, leaving just some bits of visible stone. Roofs are sustained by beautiful wooden beams and floors are covered in terracotta tiles while furniture, realized in woods and marble, dates often back to the 18th and 19th century.

Exteriors
The complex is fitted with 4 swimming pools, two of which private and reserved for the two villas, the others shared by other tenants.
The property is surrounded by over 238 hectares (588 acres) of land, divided as follows:
- 90 hectares (223 acres) of agricultural land (9% unused)
- 79 hectares (195 acres) of woodland – mixed (84%), coppice (15%), high (1%)
- 36 hectares (89 acres) of vineyard
- 18 hectares (44 acres) of olive grove (with a total of ~2300 trees)
- 15 hectares (37 acres) of grazing land
The coppice section of the woodland (~12 ha) is, as of now, rented out (with a logging right of 2 ha per year for 5 years) for a yearly income of € 7,000.00. The agricultural land (85 ha) is rented out as well for yearly income of € 7,000.00.
For irrigation of garden areas (or, in case of emergency, of agricultural land), the property is fitted with rain-water basins.
The property land is a wildlife reserve for private use. Possession of rifles is limited to 1 gun every 10 hectares of land.
Talking about agricultural land (roughly 90 ha), it is possible to convert these areas to vineyard, either in order to introduce a crop rotation with the other vineyards existing or to expand the already existing cultivation.
Not far from the two villas there is a small, and most importantly private, lake which is suitable for fishing.

Use and potential uses
The complex, other than being easily reached, offers a nice panoramic view over the Tuscan countryside and the medieval town of San Gimignano and it is ideal as a tourist-hosting activity. The apartments (and the two villas in particular) grant a high level of privacy.
The Complex N°6 is nowadays an agricultural farmstead, but its nice conditions would allow an extremely easy conversion into an additional hosting section with little or none restoration necessary. This could provide an increment in the number of guests the structure could host.
The surrounding land, thanks to great vineyards and olive groves, allows the production of prestigious wines and extra-virgin olive oil and for those who love hunting, the wildlife reserve can be a real heaven.


Details on wine production
- Vineyard surface 36 hectares (89 acres)
- Varieties Sangiovese grosso (45%), Merlot (20%), Cabernet-Sauvignon (10%), Vernaccia di San Gimignano (10%), Sangiovese (9%), Chardonnay (6%)
- Years of planting 1997-2004
- Year of construction (cellar) 1998
- Altitude 250 to 300 m
- Density 4,500 vines/ha
- Average yield 8.4 tons/ha
- Training Guyot, pruned-spur cordon-trained vines
- Harvesting mechanical
- Terrain composition clayish-tufaceous
- Yearly production ~2,100 hl (2,200 quintals) of wine (prevalently cask wine) with a theoretical production of ~290,000 bottles
- Workers 1 permanent worker + seasonal workers
- Maximum wine capacity 3,300 hl (3,450 quintals)
- Equipment in the cellar French oak casks (n. 118), steel containers (n. 19 totaling 2,300 hl), steel vats (n. 9 totaling 1,900 hl), destemmer, wine press, cooling machine, 4 pumps, hopper, conveyor belt, boxes and accessories

vineyard registry
- Chianti DOCG 16.35 ha
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 3.55 ha
- Chardonnay igt 2.18 ha
- San Gimignano Rosso DOC 2.19 ha
- Merlot igt 7.29 ha
- Cabernet-Sauvignon igt 3.74 ha
- Rosso Toscano igt 1.04 ha

wine composition
- Chianti DOCG 100% Sangiovese
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 100% Vernaccia di San Gimignano
- San Gimignano Rosso DOC 100% Sangiovese
- Rosso Toscano igt 100% Merlot
- Bianco Toscano igt 100% Chardonnay
- Bianco Toscano igt 100% Cabernet-Sauvignon


details on oil production
- Surface 18 hectares (44 acres)
- Varieties Leccino (25%), Pendolino (25%), Moraiolo (25%), Frantoio (25%)
- Years of planting centuries-old Moraiolo trees, 1980s Leccino trees
- Altitude 200 to 300 m
- Density ~130 trees/ha
- Average yield 1.3 tons/ha
- Terrain composition clayish-tufaceous
- Yearly production ~1.8 tons