Pope Clement IX, born Giulio Rospigliosi, the only Pistoian pontiff. His period at the Roman Curia was short but very fruitful, and he is also remembered for his work as a librettist and for his contribution in determining the tastes and orientations of seventeenth-century Roman melodrama. Pope Rospigliosi had a splendid villa surrounded by olive trees built on the hills of Montalbano, as evidence of his family’s bond with this territory. Villa Rospigliosi, built on a project by Bernini, is elegant and majestic, with a typically Tuscan background of rolling hills full of olive trees.

Vin Santo del CHIANTI DOC, produced from Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes, is characterized by an intense amber color and a pleasant scent of dried fruit with hints of honey and a sweet and velvety taste.