Wine Sportoletti, “Villa Fidelia” Bianco, Umbria IGT, 2019

Description

“Fidelio” – the name of the villa in a beautiful park, located not far from the wineries in Spello, whose history dates back to the XVI century. Villa Fidelia today acts as a venue for concerts and other cultural events.

Like other wine Sportoletti, “Villa Fidelia” Bianco created with the participation of the famous oenologist Riccardo Kotarella. For its production is used grape varieties Chardonnay and Grechetto grown on hilly terrain Spello. The vineyard occupies only 2.5 hectares at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level. Sandy soil of the vineyard containing highly porous layer of marine sand-lime deposits. Stocking density of vines is 4,000 plants per hectare. The average age of the vines – 18 years. Harvested in mid-August. Each variety is vinified separately in order to contribute to a better development of aromas. Winery berries destebliruyutsya immediately and cooled by dry ice to 8-10 C, then pulverized in the press for a few hours. The rapid drop in temperature, mechanical impact from the outside, cold maceration of the skin determine the optimal extraction of flavor, and the creation of an oxygen-free environment to protect the grapes from oxidation. Alcoholic fermentation is carried out in 228-liter French oak barrels, but here goes malolactic fermentation. Wine aged in lees for 4 months and then bottled at least 1 year.

Many generations of families engaged in Umbria Sportoletti agriculture and viticulture. In the late 1970s, the brothers Ernesto and Remo Sportoletti decided to turn its attention exclusively on the wine industry, which their father had taught – Vittorio Sportoletti. That’s when they put on the market the first thousand bottles under its own brand. Since then, the brothers had done tremendous work in search of the perfect balance between innovation, tradition and the ability to realize the full potential of their terroir – the hills of Spello and Assisi. It is on these hills vineyards of the family, which now occupy 20 hectares. Brothers were gradually upgraded vineyards, leading to more efficient and improve the quality viticulture. Thanks to successful plant breeding and implementation of the “Cordon”, controlled by the amount of the kidneys and hence productivity of plants. The company also produces organic olive oil. They are a beautiful grove of olive trees in 2500 located at an altitude of about 500 meters above sea level on the slopes of Monte Subasio. Winery Sportoletti produces four wines: Assisi Rosso DOC, Assisi Grechetto DOC, Villa Fidelia Bianco IGT, Villa Fidelia Rosso IGT. The volume of production in the last ten years was about 200,000 bottles a year.