Cantine Belisario Rosso Conero 2023

Cantine Belisario Rosso Conero

Region: Marche, Italy

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Montepulciano

ABV: 13%

The wine opens with earthy aromas of tilled soil, complimented by aromas of red cherry, black fruit and espresso. These characteristics are continued onto the palate, with a good tannins' structure.

The fruit for this wine comes from the Marche region, in the Conero Riviera which is considered one of the most picturesque areas on the Adriatic Sea. The soils here are comprised of limestone and marl which, combined with the climate, produce a high quality grape.

After harvest, the grapes were destemmed and gently crushed. Maceration on the skins was carried out with fermentation taking place using selected yeasts at controlled temperatures. Malolactic fermentation took place naturally before the wine was aged in stainless steel tanks for seven to eight months with a further two months in second use French oak barriques. The wine then spent four months in bottle prior to release.

Cantine Belisario is a 300-hectare cooperative winery in the Matelica DOC, Marche, founded in 1971, where the only permitted grape is Verdicchio. The co-op owns 24 hectares of organically farmed vineyards, inland from the Castelli di Jesi DOC, where the climate is more continental. Here, the combination of warm days and cool nights extend the growing season, allowing the grape's aromatics to develop. As a result, harvest occurs as late as the second half of October. These vines are the source of Cantine Belisario’s organic ‘Vigneti B’ Verdicchio.