Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara

Nestled in the rolling hills of San Gimignano, just south of Siena, Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara is a family-run winery rooted in five decades of Tuscan soil and soul. Founded in 2002 by brothers Alessio, Giampiero, and Stefano Logi — inspired by their father Mario’s lifelong reverence for the land — the estate sits on the grounds of the ancient San Donato parish, first documented in 992.

The name Colombaio — meaning dovecote — honors a historic structure on the property, symbolizing the winery’s deep connection to its landscape and heritage. From 11 acres and 5,000 bottles in their inaugural vintage, the brothers have grown the estate to 54 acres of certified organic vineyard, producing approximately 90,000 bottles annually alongside forests and 3,000 olive trees.

Il Colombaio specializes in the white wines that define San Gimignano. Our Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG — Tuscany’s only white wine with DOCG status — captures elegance, minerality, and place through careful organic cultivation and aging in cement tanks. Alongside our acclaimed Vernaccia, we produce distinguished Chianti Classico, Chianti Colli Senesi Riserva, and a Super Tuscan red, each expression of the territory’s soul and the family’s philosophy: wine is the land, refined by craft.

In the past the wish of each wine maker was to make a good wine: this was the passionate bond between the winemaker and the vineyard. My father Mario handed me down this passion. He taught me that the vines are a reflection of the land and it can be only improved in the cellar, and not changed. The secrets of the excellence found in my wines are from a responsible treatment of the land by refusing to use pesticides, devoting constant awareness in the vineyard while grapes are growing, followed by the careful selection of the grapes during the harvest which is always done manually.

– Alessio Logi