Santa Maria d'Arco
Selection of home-grown 100% Verdicchio grapes, harvested in boxes, soft pressed and fermented under controlled temperatures.
Straw yellow color with greenish reflections. This wine has a round, salty and smooth taste and a characteristically bitter after-taste.
First bottled : 2001
- Region of origin: Marche, Province of Ancona;
- Position of the vineyards: In the area surrounding one of the Castles of Jesi “San Paolo” in the heart of the area where Verdicchio Classico is produced;
- Vine: 100% Verdicchio;
- Cultivation manner: Guyot;
- Vines per ha: 2.000 in the older vineyards and approximately 3.500 in the newer;
- Grapes produced per ha: ~ 8000/9000 kg per ha;
- Age of vineyards: From 4 to 40 years old and even vines planted more than sixty years ago;
- Type of soil: Medium clay textured;
- Exposition and altitude: ~200/400m above sea level, North-East exposition;
- Total vineyards surface: ~9 ha; 1,8 with Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Santa Maria d’Arco”;
- No. of bottles produced: 6.000/10.000 per year;
- Alcohol concentration: differs depending on yearly weather condition (never below 13%vol.);
- Harvest and winemaking: hand harvested and soft pressed; the grapes undergo a cooling process resulting in a static settling of the most solid parts of the must.
- Controlled temperature slow fermentation is obtained with the help of a refrigerator unit.
- Stored in stainless steel barrels for 11-12 months before bottling and subsequent further aging for up to 4 months in bottles;
- Wine tasting notes: taste and aroma typical and unmistakable matching the best Verdicchio characteristics; smooth and gentle.
- Position of the vineyards: In the area surrounding one of the Castles of Jesi “San Paolo” in the heart of the area where Verdicchio Classico is produced;
- Vine: 100% Verdicchio;
- Cultivation manner: Guyot;
- Vines per ha: 2.000 in the older vineyards and approximately 3.500 in the newer;
- Grapes produced per ha: ~ 8000/9000 kg per ha;
- Age of vineyards: From 4 to 40 years old and even vines planted more than sixty years ago;
- Type of soil: Medium clay textured;
- Exposition and altitude: ~200/400m above sea level, North-East exposition;
- Total vineyards surface: ~9 ha; 1,8 with Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Santa Maria d’Arco”;
- No. of bottles produced: 6.000/10.000 per year;
- Alcohol concentration: differs depending on yearly weather condition (never below 13%vol.);
- Harvest and winemaking: hand harvested and soft pressed; the grapes undergo a cooling process resulting in a static settling of the most solid parts of the must.
- Controlled temperature slow fermentation is obtained with the help of a refrigerator unit.
- Stored in stainless steel barrels for 11-12 months before bottling and subsequent further aging for up to 4 months in bottles;
- Wine tasting notes: taste and aroma typical and unmistakable matching the best Verdicchio characteristics; smooth and gentle.
Awards
Vendemmia 2020
Vendemmia 2016
Vendemmia 2015
Vendemmia 2014
Vendemmia 2013
Vendemmia 2012
Vendemmia 2011
Vendemmia 2010
Vendemmia 2009
Vendemmia 2008
49° Concorso Enologico Nazionale
Vini doc e docg Pramaggiore 2010
Vini doc e docg Pramaggiore 2010
Vendemmia 2007
9° Selezione Nazionale
"Vini da Pesce 2008"
"Vini da Pesce 2008"
Vendemmia 2006
International Wine Challenge
"Londra 2008"
"Londra 2008"
Oscar Qualità Prezzo Gambero Rosso
"Almanacco del Berebene 2008"
"Almanacco del Berebene 2008"
Vendemmia 2005
Oscar Qualità Prezzo Gambero Rosso
"Almanacco del Berebene 2007"
"Almanacco del Berebene 2007"
Vendemmia 2004
Oscar Qualità Prezzo Gambero Rosso
"Almanacco del Berebene 2006"
"Almanacco del Berebene 2006"
Vendemmia 2003
Vendemmia 2002
Vendemmia 2001