The Fattoria del Teso is an historical property, fought over by the nobility and clergy since the middle ages.

A parchment dating from 1253, held in the Lucca Municipal Library archive, documents a dispute between the Camaldolese (Benedictine) Abbey of Pozzeveri and the Noblemen of Uzzano and Vivinaia about property “in loco ubi dicitur… Teso”.

Since the early 1970s it has been run according to the most modern agricultural principles and has always been to the forefront in techniques for planting and tending the vineyards and for the subsequent fermentation and ageing of the wine.

The vineyards now cover about 15 hectares.

In a typically Tuscan countryside, surrounded by pines and cypresses, the Fattoria del Teso covers an area of about 70 hectares.

The main building is highly original in design with its layered, overhanging roofings and a clock with belltower marking out the rhythms of the day.

The storage cellars are in the underground floor; the offices, storerooms, cooling and bottling rooms are on the ground floor; the reed mats for air drying grapes are on the first floor and the casks for ageing Vin Santo are on the second floor and attics.

In front of this building is another one used for fermentation, the tanks are glazed cement and stainless steel.

In the territory of the Fattoria are located charming farmhouses, many centuries old, which give their names to the estates: Albereto, Vannelli, Starzeno, Le Viottole, Le Fontane.