Palagetto

The roots of the Niccolai family and in particular of Luano Niccolai, founder of Tenute Niccolai, the first nucleus of the Palagetto Agricultural Company, lie in San Gimignano. From the first hectares of vineyards in the Santa Chiara area, near where the winery stands today, the company has gradually expanded to over 60 hectares of land, mostly vineyards and olive trees. San Gimignano is home to a wine that breaks with the tradition of seeing Tuscany as a land of only red wines: Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the white lady of grapes, surrounded by noble reds. There has been news of this grape variety, which also gives its name to the local DOCG. The cellar as it is today was built in 2003 and has since been expanded and modified according to the needs of the company. It is a modern cellar that uses the latest winemaking technologies to work at its best and is constantly updated. A suggestive barrel cellar that houses over 100 barriques. The Palagetto properties are distributed in the territory of San Gimignano and are mainly dedicated to vines and olives. Of the 62 hectares of property, approximately 42 are vineyards, with vines such as Sangiovese, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Merlot, Cabernet, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and 13 hectares are olive groves, with over 3000 plants, from which our Palagetto extra-virgin olive oil and our two monovarietal selections, Frantoio and Correggiolo, are produced. Next to the winery, the company oil mill produces our oil, using the cold pressing method. Our company decided to invest to be independent right away, purchasing the mill in the 90s, to be able to better control the quality of the final product and work independently. We are one of the few reference mills in the municipality of San Gimignano and we also process olives from small farmers and private individuals who produce their own oil. If you want to see the frenetic activity of the mill, we recommend you come and visit us in the months between October and November, when it is open for pressing.