The name Isole e Olena was conceived in the 1950’s when two adjoining estates, ‘Isole’ and ‘Olena’ were purchased by the De Marchi family and combined into one. Today the estate, located on the western slope of the Chianti Classico hills, is run by Paolo De Marchi and his family. In 1976 Paolo began managing the estate; combining his technical training with a willingness to experiment. At that time the cellars were modernized and experimental vineyard plots were planted. Isole e Olena Chianti evolved from being a light, young wine to the fuller-bodied wine of today which is destined for cellar aging. All wines are estate wines produced only from the grapes grown on the estate’s 50 hectares of vineyards. In the past 25 years the vineyards have gone through an extensive replanting project involving research on estate clonal selection, density of plantation, soil mapping and vineyard management techniques. This project has placed Isole e Olena in the small group of estates leading the Chianti renaissance.