In 1113, Tancredi degli Alberti, who belonged to an ancient family of Lombard origin, married the widow of Count Ugo dei Cadolingi, thus coming into possession of a hill on which he decided to found his fiefdom: Colle degli Alberti.
After many years, around 1580, at the height of the Renaissance, the Colle Alberti farm became the property of the Strozzi family, who built the main complex of cellars and the attached villa as they still appear today. The ‘Casanova’ farm, on which the main building of the Colle Alberti country house stands today, was also built at that time.
Subsequently, the Colle Alberti farm passed through the hands of many different families until 1803, when it was purchased by a Spanish citizen of Cadiz, Don Perez Quintero, who had his own coat of arms in stone walled into the west facade of the villa and who devoted himself to the farm for sixteen years.
Stricken by a sudden illness in 1819, Don Perez Quintero was forced to sell the property and the farm thus became the property of the company ‘Giovanni Antonio Sappa e C.’, specialising in the silk trade. During these years, many mulberry trees were planted on the farm, some of which can still be seen today. On the death of Giovanni Antonio Sappa, the main partner, the company ceased to exist and the Colle Alberti estate was given to Antonia, one of the two daughters, wife of Leopoldo Valle.
From then until today, the farm has never been sold again but only transmitted by inheritance from generation to generation to the descendants of the same family, who still look after it and manage it in the heart of Tuscan production traditions. The 17th-century cellar was recently renovated and the country house was completely renovated in 2024.
