Fattoria San Donato is a farmhouse and a tiny medieval village set amidst the classic green hills of San Gimignano. Its position also offers a marvellous charming view on this unique town and its surrounding countryside.
Fattoria San Donato is a farmhouse and a tiny medieval village set amidst the classic green hills of San Gimignano. Its position also offers a marvellous charming view on this unique town and its surrounding countryside.
The Fenzi family, owners of the farm since 1932, will be glad to welcome you and suggest all the different ways to spend your holidays here. San Donato is the ideal place for those who are looking for some recreation and relax after a long period work. Encouraged by the rare commodities of peace, tranquillity and natural ingredients, your mind and body will regenerate. The family will be always on the spot to offer you assistance when needed, but they will be very respectful of you privacy and peace.
Here, you can decide to enjoy full-time relaxation: wandering around the green park, lying by the swimming pool and its charming panoramic view or exploring the surrounding area (walking, riding and cycling).
Fattoria San Donato is ideally located in the heart of Tuscany for your daily trips to the most famous Tuscan Art Towns which are all within easy reach ( 4 km far from San Gimignano, 15 km from Volterra, 35 Km from Siena , 55 km from Florence , 60 km from Pisa and 70 km from Lucca )
Our family will be glad to welcome and offer you all their help to meet your holiday expectations.
Fattoria San Donato is first of all a farm which produces high-quality wines, extra-virgin olive oil and saffron.
All the production process is carefully controlled from the fields to the bottles, since we believe that this is the only way to obtain a high-quality, reliable product, the sincere expression of our land and of our work.
We try to balance between the respect for nature, the century-old tradition of this land and of its products, the competence and the agronomic and oenologic experience and modern technologies.
Owning a vineyard in San Gimignano is something to be proud of:we have inherited an ancient vine-growing and wine-making tradition, a territory which is ideal for this kind of culture and some typical local vines, such as Vernaccia and Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino, and San Colombano, which give great wines. But we also have a great responsibility: we must be equal to our fame, trying to do our best in the vineyards and in the wineries, acting with care and respect for our land, taking advantage of modern technologies.
Nature has been generous with San Donato, where we can enjoy a particularly good microclimate: 400 metres above sea level and a gentle wind coming from the sea make the climate dry and sunny, with no mist or backwater; the soil (a mixture of clay and Pliocene sands) is ideal for vine-growing.
We are aware that great wines can only be produced from great grapes: we use typical local vines only, and we put a lot of effort into the care of the vineyards to obtain the best quality, even with low yield.
Our staff, from the farmers to the agronomist, all have our same goal: bringing high-quality grapes to the winery. If you come and visit us during the harvesting period, you will have the possibility of taking part in this magic moment and taste our grapes.
In the winery we do all our best to make an excellent wine from the grapes we have picked. Thanks to the latest technologies (pneumatic presses, cooling equipment, etc. a careful but moderate use of the best French barriques) and to the experienced suggestions and passion of our oenologist, Paolo Salvi, and to the younger, but skilled Andrea Lo Presti, we obtain very elegant wines which are the expression of our land and of our work.