The estate is located in the municipality of Grotte di Castro (province of Viterbo) in the Italian region of
Lazio. It was founded in 1999 by Mocca and Fritz Metzeler with the construction of the buildings. Five years later the wine-growing was started. Since 2011, the entire farm has been managed by the agronomist Tobias Frommann. In addition to viticulture, the company specializes in the production of strictly controlled organic products. This is olive oil from groves with 11,000 trees; produced with our own press, bacon, ham and salami from our own animal husbandry, as well as organic honey of various kinds. The Mangaliza pigs and Zackel sheep live in enclosures in oak woods and are fed with high quality organic feed. The production of all products is carried out according to strict, ecological guidelines based on the principle of
sustainability. The new buildings are also constructed in an environmentally conscious manner, as only traditional building materials such as tuff stone have been used. In the vinotheque all wines of the Villa Caviciana can be tasted with a view of the Bolsena Lake.
The vineyards cover 15 hectares. They are planted with the red wine varieties Sangiovese, Tannat, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Aleatico, and with the white wine varieties Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. The cultivation is always done by hand. Only fully ripe and healthy grapes are processed by selective manual harvesting. During vinification, the gentle "vertical principle" is applied, i.e. delivery of the grapes from above, fermentation one floor below and maturation one floor below. Daniel Eigenheer is responsible as cellar master, and Maurizio Alonghi as oenologist. The product range mainly comprises red wines matured in French oak barriques. Premium wines are the two IGT Lazio Rosso red wine cuvées "Faustina" (Sangiovese, Tannat, 18 months barrique, 12 months bottle) and "Letizia" (CF, CS, Merlot, 12 months barrique), as well as the white wine cuvée Filippo (Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc). In 2013, 40,000 litres of wine were produced.
