The history of the Lodola Nuova Estate is very impressive, just like the history of the Vino Nobile which put the name of Montepulciano on the lips of wine lovers worldwide. The property's records date back to the mid 1200s and it has been producing wine since at least 1452. The noble and coat-of-arms-bearing Vagnucci family owned it for almost four hundred years.

A document from the 1500s vividly captures its heritage: "A farm with a house for the master and one for the workers, fields and garden with cultivated earth, oak groves and  fruit trees for producing about one hundred bushels, a place called Lodola . . ."

Today the estate covers over 200 hectares of land with 87 hectares of vineyards in the area of Montepulciano and 45 hectares in the neighbouring area of Cortona.

The name "Lodola" is derived from Allodola, or "lark," from the Latin Alauda. Three types of these little songbirds migrate through the area each year. For centuries they have chosen to build their nests in the surrounding meadows, vineyards, and fields.

Ruffino acquired the Lodola Nuova Estate in 1990, thus adding a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano to its Chianti, Chianti Classico and Brunello di Montalcino