The fortress, castle town, vineyards and wines.
This estate has seen many foundation stones – a thousand years of firsts. Many more will be laid, because to us, conservation isn’t about leaving everything as it is, but working to make this place (and our wine) better, every day.
First written record of Castello di Grumello. It is likely, however, that it had been existing for some time.
The Castle is sold by the community to Cardinal Guglielmo Longo.
The castle and its town were sacked and burned by the Ghibellines of Iseo.
A bloody battle between local Guelphs and Ghibellines, the former getting the worst of it once again.
Pandolfo Malatesta conquers Grumello with the approval of the Duke of Milan.
The Castle is passed to the Venetian Republic and, twenty years later, to Bartolomeo Colleoni, a condottiero who lived there especially during the summer, taking care of the vineyards and using the cellar mainly as a storeroom.
Grumello's fortunes followed those of the city of Bergamo, passing from Napoleonic to Austrian domination until the final unification of Italy.
Prince Gonzaga del Carretto, then owner of the estate, imported from France some vine shoots of a new variety that the farmers called Burdunì, which we now know as Cabernet Sauvignon.
The Agrarian School is founded in Grumello del Monte, focusing on producing quality wine.
The estate passed to the Kettlitz Reschigna family, who entrusted the agronomic and oenological management to Carlo Zadra, father of our oenologist Paolo Zadra.
Castello di Grumello is purchased by the Gotti family of Bergamo.