VERDICCHIO DEI CASTELLI DI JESI DOC
Made from grapes harvested from our oldest, 45 year-old vineyard, this is the older brother of our Anno Uno wine.
In this vineyard, we have identified a plot that has more clay in its soil than the average amount of limestone found in the soils of our other vineyards.
The plot – known as the “Vigneto di Tobia” – is named after an ampelologist who worked in our area circa 1850, faces north-east and lies around 200 metres above sea level.
The grapes are usually picked after the Anno Uno harvest for greater extraction and to produce a wine with greater body, which is nonetheless both fresh and easy to drink.
The average yield of the vineyard is around 50/60 quintals per hectare and the grapes are picked by hand.
After being destemmed and lightly pressed, they are vinified with wild yeasts in steel vats. The wine is also aged in steel containers.
Organic fermented with natural yeasts
Area of production: Contrada San Pietro in Comune di Montecarotto (AN) Italy
Exposure and altitude: mainly North-East At 160-250 M. Asl
Soil type: Ccalcareous/clay
Grape variety: 100% Verdicchio
Cultivation and pruning techniques: traditional system of double arched guyot
Vines per hectare: 4.100
Average age of vines: 22 years
Grape yield per hectare: 80 Q/Ha
Period of harvest: mid/late September
Type of harvest: hand picked in boxes with the selection in the vineyard successive sorting of grapes on table selection belt
Prefermentation procedures: soft pressing
Fermentation: in steel
Aging: in steel tanks for at least 12 months on the fine lees
Suggested serving temperature: 10-12°C
Made from grapes harvested from our oldest, 45 year-old vineyard, this is the older brother of our Anno Uno wine.
In this vineyard, we have identified a plot that has more clay in its soil than the average amount of limestone found in the soils of our other vineyards.
The plot – known as the “Vigneto di Tobia” – is named after an ampelologist who worked in our area circa 1850, faces north-east and lies around 200 metres above sea level.
The grapes are usually picked after the Anno Uno harvest for greater extraction and to produce a wine with greater body, which is nonetheless both fresh and easy to drink.
The average yield of the vineyard is around 50/60 quintals per hectare and the grapes are picked by hand.
After being destemmed and lightly pressed, they are vinified with wild yeasts in steel vats. The wine is also aged in steel containers.
Organic fermented with natural yeasts
Area of production: Contrada San Pietro in Comune di Montecarotto (AN) Italy
Exposure and altitude: mainly North-East At 160-250 M. Asl
Soil type: Ccalcareous/clay
Grape variety: 100% Verdicchio
Cultivation and pruning techniques: traditional system of double arched guyot
Vines per hectare: 4.100
Average age of vines: 22 years
Grape yield per hectare: 80 Q/Ha
Period of harvest: mid/late September
Type of harvest: hand picked in boxes with the selection in the vineyard successive sorting of grapes on table selection belt
Prefermentation procedures: soft pressing
Fermentation: in steel
Aging: in steel tanks for at least 12 months on the fine lees
Suggested serving temperature: 10-12°C