My parents, my sister and I were all born and raised in Siena. My father was a notary and purchased il Colle in 1972, which has been our holiday home ever since. The first three hectares of vineyards were planted in the same year, and I still take care of them as of today. In 1977, my father had eventually uncorked the first of his Brunello bottles with a few friends.
He perfectly managed to balance the busy city rhythms of a sworn notary with his own leisure: that is driving a tractor in the middle of the vineyards and breathing the air of Montalcino. One day, he found a bronze-coloured object stuck in the plow of the tractor on which he used to spend his weekends. The figure depicted a C-shaped greyhound: “C” as both Carli and Colle. Since none of the people he consulted seemed certain about the origin, perhaps Etruscan, he resigned himself by saying: “the past might be uncertain, but the future will be bright”. Indeed, that greyhound has stayed on our labels ever since.