The outstanding geological and climatic conditions found in the area have strongly favored the development of a flourishing vitivinicultural tradition.
In recent decades, the growing of grapes and making of wine have become increasingly specialized and refined in the area. That effort of improvement was crowned in 1978 with the issuance of the Denominazione di Origine Controllata, which sanctioned in a definitive way the physical-chemical characteristics and sensory virtues of the Morellino di Scansano wine.