VINEYARDS, OLIVE GROVES & ANCIENT WOODLAND
An Organic Wine Estate in Umbria
Terra del Carmine is the natural evolution of Chiesa del Carmine. The name has changed. Nothing else has. The same love for the land, the same respect for organic tradition, the same commitment to quality, biodiversity, and authenticity that have always guided this estate continue, today as in the past.
We produce organic wine and olive oil in harmony with Umbria’s natural rhythms, and invite you to enjoy every moment here.
Where the land shapes the experience.
Ancient Green Hills
The estate sits at the foot of Monte Tezio, in the green heart of Umbria – 20 minutes north of Perugia, close to the Tuscan border, in a protected valley where wildlife thrives and the landscape remains unspoiled.
The gentle beauty of the Umbrian hills and ancient woodlands stretches as far as the eye can see taking in the views of Monte Subasio, the medieval town of Assisi, the ancient castle of Antognolla and the ridge of the Apennine mountains.
Twenty years of patient restoration
Echoes of a Fertile Past
This valley was once alive with activity — vineyards, ancient olive groves, cereal crops, and the families who worked them. By the end of the 1950s, it had all fallen quiet. Like so many rural properties across Italy, the land was gradually abandoned as people left for the cities. When the current owners arrived in 2006, they found a valley in silence, and a landscape in need of care.
Video description: an aerial view of the valley and the property. Green valleys, uncontaminated, sinuous and full of trees and olive trees
Where Heritage and Nature Bloom Together
A Valley Reborn
What followed was two decades of slow, loving restoration. The ancient terraced olive groves were cleared, pruned, and coaxed back into full production. Six and a half hectares of organic vineyard were planted with native Umbrian varieties alongside Sangiovese, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
A truffle wood and pasture were nurtured back to life. A small private fishing lake — home to wild carp — was restored to its quiet beauty. And miles of walking and hiking trails now wind through some of Italy's most breathtaking countryside. Where there was once abandonment, there is now a working farm, a welcoming estate, and a place worth travelling to.
