Adress: 53045 Montepulciano (Siena) - Italy
Country: Italy
internet: http://www.cantinedei.com
Wine district: Toscana
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1964, Alibrando Dei, Maria Caterina’s grandfather, bought the first part of the entire estate : Bossona. This vineyard is gorgeous for exposition and kind of soil, a sort of amphitheater always where the wind blows with a certain constancy.
And her grandfather planted there the vines, that today produce the so famous Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Bossona.
Later he bough another “slice” of land called Martiena in 1973. At that time it was 20ha all around the marvelous main villa, restored during the 30’s by the architect Piacentini. Villa is just outside Montepulciano, surrounded by a very nice park with old cypress trees and magnolias.
At the beginning the family considered this estate as their house for the holidays. Maria Caterina remembers her childhood, when in summer she moved to the countryside when she could play in freedom after a long winter spent at school.
The first years the Dei sell the grapes only later the family decided to try the way of vinification together with the possibility of becoming wine producers. So in 1985 they rent an ancient wine cellar in Montepulciano and, without any technical assistance they bottled the first Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Dei. Another important year for this estate has been 1989, when Galileo Dei, Maria Caterina’s father, started to build the wine cellar, a modern and practical (functional) wine cellar, close to the villa and surrounded by the vineyards.
Starting from 1991 Maria Caterina quitted her career of singer and actress to dedicate her time to her land and her vineyards.
Her passion for art in general and music in particular is always alive. “I think that between music and wine there are common elements, in both these
