Since the seventeenth century, it is said that the beautiful and rebellious Donna Marzia fell in love with Enrico, a young man of humble origins she met during one of her solitary horse-rides. The young girl resented the duties and strict discipline of her rank and preferred the spontaneity and warmth that the young peasant offered her....

The two lovers used to meet near a dry well, at the edge of the estate. An arid place that was transformed into a happy island where their love was free to flourish. One day the girl’s father took them by surprise as they were embracing under the afternoon sun. From that moment on, her father tried to hinder the young lovers in every way until Enrico was driven away. Donna Marzia, tormented by her lost love, went crying to the well. The story goes that at the first light of dawn, she was gone and all that remained of her was a silk scarf left on the porous stone. From that day on, the estate’s well, which took Donna Marzia’s name, filled with crystal clear water which made the fields fertile and lush. The wines from the Donna Marzia Estate, frank and sincere, bear the memory of this story.