Organic Farm

Casa Raia

Our Philosophy

The philosophy behind Casa Raia stems from a simple and profound intuition: let the land speak for itself! Every choice we make starts by listening to the soil, the plants, the climate around us … In the vineyard, we work with respect, without forcing things, following the natural rhythm of the seasons and accepting what each vintage decides to offer. We believe that balance comes from a harmony between man and nature, not from control. In the cellar, we proceed with the same sensitivity – few interventions, skilled hands and a lot of patience. Here, time is not an enemy to be conquered but a valuable ally, capable of slowly transforming grapes into wine, without masking its origin. Each fermentation is spontaneous, each bottle a liquid snapshot of the place it comes from. This is how our wines are born – natural, alive, never the same. They express the authentic voice of Montalcino, its light, its strength and its elegance. Drinking a Casa Raia means sharing a fragment of land, time and attentiveness.

Company History

In 2004, Pierre Jean moved to Montalcino, where he met Lionel Cousin from Cupano, who encouraged him to start making wine, convinced of the extraordinary vocation of the Scarnacuoia terroir. It was in this historical area where Biondi Santi planted the first Sangiovese, 200 years ago.

So it was that in 2006, the Casa Raia adventure began. Pierre Jean rented the vineyards of Ludmilla Temertey’s Scarnacuoia estate, where terraces just below the city walls were planted with vines. The early years were dedicated to great apprenticeships, working alongside biodynamic and natural realities such as Campi di Fonterenza and Pian dell’Orino. After two vintages made in host wineries, he built his own cellar in Montalcino and started bottling directly as of 2009.

In 2011 and 2015, the company was expanded with the planting of new plots of Sangiovese in scattered clusters. Current production includes 5,000 bottles of Brunello, 4,000 of Rosso (as of 2024) and between 8,000 and 10,000 bottles of IGT in Castiglione d’Orcia.