The origin of the "Le Chiuse" company is very old. It was part of the estate of the Biondi Santi family: it was brought as a dowry in the late eighteenth century by Maria Tamanti when she married Clemente Santi. Her daughter Caterina married Jacopo Biondi and their son Ferruccio, great–grandfather of Simonetta Valiani, respecting the wishes of her mother, added the "Santi" mother surname to his. It was him who, after having fought alongside Garibaldi, continued the work of his grandfather Clemente valuing and selecting the grapes to reach this particular clone of Sangiovese (Grosso).
