page_title: Castle of Montegiove
section_title: Modern history
hierarchical_section_title: Castle of Montegiove / Modern history
caption_attribution_description: English: The castle's wine cellars
context_page_description: Castello di Montegiove was established in the 13th century in Umbria, Italy. It lies at 627 meters above sea-level, on the border between the old city states of Orvieto and Perugia. The castle, known as La Scarzuola, continues to operate privately as a family farm and tourist site.
context_section_description: Still a family-run farm today, the estate covers nearly 1200 hectares of land, covered with olive groves, woods, pastures and vineyards. The principal products of the estate are Orvietano Rosso d.o.c. and Umbria rosso i.g.t wines, extra-virgin olive oil, as well as truffles as the estate has a truffle reserve where two species can be found, the scorzone and uncinato. On the estate's pastures the free range Chianina cattle, the white cows so typical of the area.*Official website
  The Castello di Montegiove is private property and is open for cellar tours and wine tastings upon reservation.
caption: The castle's wine cellars
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