Colle Onorato

 
 

Prologo

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore DOC

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POSITION: The vineyard is located in Sant'Urbano, Apiro, in a beautiful valley on the border between the province of Macerata and Ancona, at about 400 meters a.s.l. 

VINEYARD: An extension of 2 hectares, 15 years old, with a production of 90q / Ha. 

VINE VARIETY: 100% Verdicchio 

ALCOHOL: 13.0 %  

VINIFICATION: The bunches are carefully selected, in the youngest part of the vineyard, handpicked and placed in boxes. In the cellar the stalks are removed from the grapes and only the free-run must is extracted.Fermentation takes place in refrigerated stainless steel tanks, the must is kept at a constant temperature of 14/16 degrees. 

AGING: The wine is aged for about 10 months in stainless steel tanks completely filled and blanketed with Argon or Nitrogen, and is worked every 20 days with Batonnage.

 

Il Cortese

Rosso Piceno DOC

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POSITION: The vineyard is located in Sant'Urbano, Apiro, in a beautiful valley on the border between the province of Macerata and Ancona, at about 400 meters a.s.l.

VINEYARD: An extension of 0.5 hectares,15 years old, with a production of 70q / Ha. 

VARIETY: 40% Montepulciano, 40% Sangiovese, 10% Lacrima, 10% Merlot. 

ALCOHOL: About 13.0 % . 

VINIFICATION: The bunches are carefully selected, in the youngest part of the vineyard, handpicked and placed in boxes. In the cellar the stalks are removed from the grapes and then placed in stainless steel tanks, here the must undergoes maceration for 10 days with the skins at a temperature of 25/30 degrees, and subjected to hand plunging 3 times per day, so as to allow submerged cap fermentation. The next step is racking, subjecting the wine to soft pressing at 1.0 atmospheres. 

AGING: The wine is aged for about 14 months in steel tanks completely filled and blanketed with Argon or Nitrogen, and every 30 days it is worked with Batonnage. The wine continues its aging in bottle for about another 3 months before marketing

 

Rosato di Rotoscio

Marche Rosato IGT

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POSITION: The vineyard is located in Sant'Urbano, Apiro, in a beautiful valley on the border between the province of Macerata and Ancona, at about 400 meters a.s.l.

VINEYARD: An extension of 0.5 hectares,15 years old, with a production of 70q / Ha. 

VARIETY: 40% Montepulciano, 40% Sangiovese, 10% Lacrima, 10% Merlot. 

ALCOHOL: About 13.0 %.  COMING SOON!