Roots in history and the local area. Casalvento is situated at an altitude of 620 meters on a historic hill in the Chianti Classico region, which Professor Giovanni Dòmini purchased in 1950 along with a few hectares of land.
The hill on which it stands was once called Salingolpe, after the Etruscan settlement that had inhabited it since the 6th century BC.
In 1478, with the complete destruction of the historic village, that name no longer referred to the hill, but only to the house and land of the "parish benefice of San Salvatore." The hill took the name of Castellina Vecchia (or Castellinaccia) to denote the state of things and places, and a house was built almost at its summit, no one knows when or how.
This is Casalvento: a house made entirely of exposed stone that was originally intended to be small and then, through subsequent additions, expanded to accommodate both humans and animals under the same roof. In 1950, Casalvento, in addition to the signs of poverty, also bore clear signs of war. A barren, rocky hill besieged by bushes and aromatic plants.
