The rediscovery of an ancient flavour
May 2002. Nearly a thousand years on from when the land of Dievole was rented to the 1st vine-dressers by the Certosa of Pievescola, Dievole itself took over the land of the Certosa of Pontignano: the University of Studies of Siena has entrusted Dievole with the rebirth of the monastic culture in an opera defined by the newspaper Repubblica "archaeological agriculture". An agro-environmental park has been created with vineyards and olive groves within the walls of the Certosa di Pontignano, following a project aiming to restore and re-value the environment by identifying and reproducing the agro-alimentary system in a modern way, in such a way as to not exploit the land and its resources.
The revival of a story that seemed lost
The park has been divided into two sections, one for specific cultivation (vines, olives, cereals, aromatic and medicinal herbs), and the other mainly dedicated to the landscape vocation. The vine section sees a polyclonal cultivation of Sangiovese, as well as other already well known vines such as Colorino and storic vines (in smaller quantities) chosen by the institutions of research. The olives, of polyconical structure, reproduce the traditional Tuscan inventory (Frantoio and Leccino, and in smaller quantities, Moraiolo and Pendolino).
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