Castello di Solomeo - The Agrarian Park

The Agrarian Park's lands embody the deepest meaning of the Genius loci: an ancient ideal where the natural beauty of a place and the soul of its people unite, shaping a shared identity.

Planted in 2011, the vineyard lies on gently sloping terrain that descends peacefully into the valley, where three distinct soil types alternate, each carefully matched to a specific grape variety. In the upper section, marl-rich rocks have formed a calcareous soil to the west, where Cabernet Franc reveals its utmost elegance. At the center, clay and sand lend structure and character to the refined
Cabernet Sauvignon.

At the highest point, a patch of calcareous clay-loam soil allows Sangiovese to concentrate its potential, yielding a wine of finesse and tension. Finally, alluvial silty-clay soils stretch from the center to the lower part of the vineyard, where Merlot gains strength, offering a full-bodied wine.

Seen from above, the rows trace a gentle, undulating pattern across the vineyard, like concentric ripples expanding harmoniously across the surface of water.

The oldest olive trees of Solomeo crown the hilltop, as if watching over the hamlet and its people from above. Here grow trees over 60 years old, majestic in their characteristic irregular and sculptural shapes, with high, imposing crowns.

Not far away, in the Agricultural Park, the younger grove grows in tune with nature’s innate rhythms, arranged in a distinctive pattern of concentric circles visible from afar—before even glimpsing the hamlet.

Over 6 hectares of flower-sown fields host the tireless daily work of bees, which from March to late summer gather nectar and pollen from clover, sunflower, linden, bramble, alfalfa, and other typical Mediterranean plants.

Located near the olive mill, beside meadows of lavender, calendula, and cornflowers, the 50 hives revive the spirit of the ancient Royal Beekeeping Observatory of Solomeo from the early 1900s, once located not far from today’s Castello di Solomeo apiary.