Badia a Passignano Gran Selezione is produced exclusively from the selection of the best Sangiovese grapes coming from the estate of the same name located in the heart of Chianti Classico. The area has been renowned for its wine production since the year one thousand. The vineyards extend over soil rich in limestone rock with an average amount of clay at a height of approximately 300 meters above sea level. The refinement takes place in the historic cellars of the 10th century Badia di Passignano. Badia a Passignano is located above Sambuca Val di Pesa, 3 km south of Tenuta Tignanello; its 223 hectares, of which 65 are under vineyards, extend over limestone soil, reaching a height of 250 to 300 meters in one of the most beautiful and suitable areas of Chianti Classico. Its fundamental importance in the history of Chianti is reported in hundreds of volumes, now kept in the State Archives of Florence, which give information on the Sangiovese vineyards and crops in the area. To confirm this, in 1983, a thousand-year-old vitis vinifera plant was found in the land surrounding Badia a Passignano.