Heritage
For Olga Peluso Centolani, winemaking is not a craft alone, but an extension of lineage, perception, and an ongoing dialogue with place.
A Singular Expression
Shaped by time, landscape and identify.
Each wine emerges as a singular expression — shaped by time, landscape, and identity — defined through restraint and precision rather than interpretation.The landscape of Montalcino
Her journey begins in the 1980s on the family estate in Montalcino, a land once used as a private hunting reserve and later transformed into a vineyard of rare continuity.
From the elevated southwestern slopes to the more austere southeastern exposures, the estate unfolds as a landscape of nuance, where each parcel reveals a distinct voice.
The language of parcels
Time spent in Burgundy refined a lasting conviction: that every vineyard speaks its own language. From this perspective, Olga developed a method rooted in observation—studying soils, exposure, elevation, microclimates, and Sangiovese selection with the discipline of a couturier. The goal is not expression imposed, but character revealed.
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Where viticulture becomes a form of listening, and each decision is measured against the integrity of the land.
1985
With her father Giovanni Peluso, Olga renovates Podere Friggiali in southwestern Montalcino, a site documented since the 1500s in the archives of the Augustinian Convent. The estate later expands toward the southeastern hills with the acquisition of the Pietranera lands.
2000
Olga takes exclusive ownership of 7 historical hectares on the southwestern slopes, marking the beginning of her independent winemaking path. The first Brunello Donna Olga is born, alongside collaborations with enologists Riccardo Cotarella and Maurizio Castelli.
2007
Tenute Donna Olga is admitted as a member of the Grandi Cru d’Italia Committee, which brings together some of Italy’s most established estates.
2012
The estate is featured in the World Atlas of Wine among the most distinguished properties of Montalcino.
2019
A phase of deeper study begins: Olga continues to refine her understanding of individual vineyard parcels, strengthening the foundations of her winemaking philosophy.
A Philosophy of Terroir
Olga’s ardent passion for wine begins at a young age, when she travelled in the renowned estates of Burgundy where she was captivated by the philosophy of viticultural zoning. Once in Montalcino she devoted herself to pursue and elevate the unique characteristics of each vineyard, enhancing the extraordinary diversity of the terroirs, after years of studies on soils, exposures, altitudes, and microclimates, and, not least, paying particular attention to the combination between the characteristics of the various soils and multiple selected clones.
This philosophy is nowadays reflected in the production of different crus from the two estates:
Tenute Donna Olga, the historical estate, located in the south ouest slope of Montalcino’s hill, that gives bith to Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino Donna Olga while Tenute degli Amodeo is located at the opposite side on the southeast slope, giving bith to our gems: Brunello di Montalcino Clos degli Amodeo and Le Cacce.
Today, Olga’s sons Giovanni Maria Amodeo and Federico Maria Amodeo pay particular attention to the principles of sustainability with great respect for the local ecosystem.
