LE VIGNE DI FRANCA

Our vineyard has been funded in 1998. It is located in a nice valley within the smooth hills of the Marche region. The property has a strategic position between the hills and the sea side. It is 2Km (1,4 miles) from the nearest city, a nice village full of history, Fermo and 3 Km (2,1 miles) from the sea (Fermo has been funded by the Roman and is the seat of one of the most important diocese in Italy) Our property is made by 8 hectares were we naturally growth vines and local type of olive trees. The vineyard is located in the north side of a smooth hill which guides the rainwater to the sea. Since that the vine tree are facing the south getting the light of the sun from the sunshine at east until the sun set at west. This particular location creates in a micro climate that allows to the local breezes that go to the sea in the morning and to the mountains in the evening to pass through the vineyard for it’s entirely lengths and ventilate the grapes with a warm and constant breath. Proof of the ideal position of the vineyard is the orange, mandarins and lemon trees which growth close to the manor house. Century oaks embrace the property covering and defending the grapes from the nord cold wind. The vine lines are 1,6 meter from one to another and trees are 80 cm far. This results in a concentrationof 7500 trees/hectare. The strong sun and the clayish soil generate extraordinary flavors and taste in the grapes, Montepulciano and Merlot. In total we have dedicate to vineyards 6 hectares of land. The wine processing is made in steel reservoir and is collected by hand, grape by grape using buckets of 15/20 kg. We make sure that within half on hour the grapes are going from the trees to the press and finally to the reservoirs. Once the fermentation is completed the wine is moved to Barriques or Tonneauxs, where it makes the mallolattic fermentation and continues its aging. Also the bottling is made internally with the support of specifically equipped trucks. Across the season the vines get pruned twice; the aim is to reduce the production (50 qt/hectare) to improve the quality. Thanks to the continuous improvement of our final product we 35.000 bottles. This limited and selected production allows us to guarantee the quality of our Wines.