San Piero

Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Villa > San Piero in Chianti < a Luxury Private Residence, located perfectly between Florence and Siena in the heart of the Chianti Classico Region.
The Villa with its former Church >San Piero in Chianti < dates back to the 13th Century, it is peacefully embedded in vineyards with a panoramic view from Radda in Chianti to the monastery San Leolino in Panzano.
There is not one room in the Villa without the typical Tuscan feeling and views of rolling hills and vineyards. The private Infinity Pool with Caribbean blue Saltwater is surrounded by a flower garden with olive trees, lavender and roses overlooking the gorgeous landscape.
You reach the property by driving a 1/4 mile on a well maintained, dirt road through vineyards entering the property through the automatic entrance gate. Villa with church, parking area for 3 - 4 cars and garden are all fenced in and absolutely private. Both driveways and all back- and front entrances of the Villa are secured by security cameras.
The owners carefully restored the Villa preserving Villa San Piero’s historic background while bringing it to their own high standard of technical comfort and interior beauty. The extraordinary well preserved original features are complemented by contemporary amenities and exquisite furniture, art work and decoration.

BED- AND BATHROOMS
The Villa offers 5 bedrooms and bathrooms and can sleep up to10 adults.
On the first floor are 3 bedrooms with queen size beds, 1 with ensuite bathroom, the other 2 share a bathroom with large rain shower and a half bathroom with WC.
On the ground floor is the master bedroom with king size bed, fire place, loft with office and ensuite bathroom. The second bedroom on ground floor with Queen size bed, loft with desk and adjacent private bathroom lies next to the TV room.
On the loft of the TV room is an extra nearly Queen size bed. 4 Bathrooms are equipped with rain showers, 1 with tub/shower.

COMMON AREAS
Plenty of comfortably furnished common areas guerantee a relaxed stay at the Villa even for a big family or a group of couples.

On the ground floor are 2 entrances into the Villa. One leads to the formal dining room with a long table in front of the antique fireplace with pizza oven. Adjacent is the TV room with Flatscreen TV, office desk and extra bed on the loft. The second entrance takes you into a comfortable living room with stone arch, leather sofas, fireplace, HiFi System and wet bar.
From there stone steps are leading down into the tasting room with huge oak beams, open kitchen, long chestnut table for 12 and a view into the antique wine cellar. You can step out of the glass door onto the outside terrace facing the vineyards and Castello Monterinaldi.

KITCHENS
The main kitchen is on the ground floor between dining and living room.
Both kitchens are well stocked, ready to use for gourmet cooking. The main kitchen has a 5 flame Lacanche gas stove with 2 electric ovens, refrigerator/freezer with ice maker, dishwasher, granite countertops, microwave.
The kitchen in the tasting room with 4 flame gas stove and long stone countertop is often used for cooking classes or by private chefs preparing dinner for the guests.

OUTSIDE
Guests can choose between multiple places for al fresco dining, enjoying barbecue or having a glass of the famous Chianti Classico Wine.

The top spot for outside dining without any doubt is the partially open former church of San Piero, where guests sit protected by the roof while watching the starry sky over the open apsis.The church can be lit up by night and is easily accessible directly from the living room.
There is a large gas grill inside the stone loggia in the courtyard for preparing barbecue. It can immediately be served inside the Loggia with seating for 10 - a perfect spot during summer for having a meal in the shade with the breeze from the valley.
Next to the loggia is the rose terrace with 2 sofas and tables where you can enjoy the perfume of the roses together with your morning coffee inhaling the peace of the surrounding landscape. Watching the sunset will bring you to the group of lounge sofas and chairs under the pine trees sipping Prosecco, Chianti Classico or having a Campari time.

The swimming pool - 36 ft x 13 ft with its terrace, relax lounges, tables, chairs and umbrellas is always the meeting point for the guests. It has the most fabulous view of the property.

LOCATION
Florence and Siena can be reached within 45 - 50 min by car or - also convenient - by bus in 1 hour from Panzano, Radda or Greve.
15 - 20 min driving distance on well maintained country roads through the beautiful Chianti Classico Hills lead to charming little towns like Greve, Radda, Castellina, Panzano and Volpaia. Strolling their ancient little streets and places you'll find a large choice of good restaurants, excellent food and specialty shops, farmers markets, wine and other cultural festivals. In easy reach are other well-known places, such as San Gimignano, San Galgano, Volterra, Monteriggioni, Pienza, Montalcino, Montepulciano and Cortona and last but not least the famous castles and numerous wineries of the Chianti Classico Region.

HISTORY OF VILLA SAN PIERO IN CHIANTI
The church and a big part of the villa date back before the year 1301. The first official record of the church was documented in April 1301 in the tax book of Fiesole. In 1437 the church was partially burned down and abandoned due to the war between Florence and Siena. In 1445 the parish church was restored.

Pope Julius II. allocated San Piero with decree from the 12. August 1508 to the monastery of San Leolino in Panzano. To this day the most important artworks of San Piero can be viewed in the monestary church of San Leolino. Namely the triptych depicting the wedding of Saint Katharina in the presence Saint Peter – Sienese school; 2nd half of the 14th century and a painting by Meliore di Jacopo, depicting the Madonna on the throne with child flanked by Saint Peter and Saint Paul dated 1270.
In 1737 San Piero functioned as the home of the monasteries prior and a small monastic community.
The bell tower and church roof collapsed after the church was deconsecrated, they are no longer in place today. In 2004 the church building was put under monumental protection as an important heritage site in the region of Siena.