Montecarlo

Montecarlo is a typical medieval village placed on the hill that overlooks Val di Nievole and Lucca's plain. Since the Middle Ages, when the cities of Florence, Lucca and Pisa battled to control the territory and up to the unification of Italy, Montecarlo's area has always been deep-linked with the cultivation of vines and olive trees. Montecarlo's white wine was very appreciated by the Medici family and the Popes, and it was among the first wines to obtain the “DOC” appellation in 1969.

Montecarlo's wine comes from a mix of Italian and French grapes, as our vineyards are the result of local Trebbiano vines and other vines imported from Bordeaux, Rodano and Bourgogne during the XIX century. As these imported vines have been staying in Montecarlo's area for more than two centuries they are now considered as native.

Since 1999 the “Strada del Vino delle Colline Lucchesi e di Montecarlo" has been created: an ideal path for wine-tourism as a way of discovering and appreciating Montecarlo's area and its culture.