Visit to Campo del Sole winery
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On 7th of October 2009 I visited a beautiful winery Campo del Sole in Emilia Romagna wine producing area in east of Italy.
Some lines below from the owner and the wine maker of campo del Sole.
The tradition and the story
CAMPODELSOLE wines are the result and the expression of the territory at the foot of Bertinoro, where the wine was already well known and appreciated during the Roman times, worthy wine capital of Romagna and great representative of the Italian wine primacy in the world. In this tradition, perpetuated through modern techniques, is inspired today Campodelsole, in a return to the roots of quality.
The Company
CAMPODELSOLE Company was conceived in Bertinoro in 2003 thanks to the Isoldi family that, committed to the continuous search of a better quality of life, decided to bring in the wine sector the same excellence of the claims that they had in the building sector. This is the birth of a new cellar and a new way to produce wine, recovering the tradition with innovation.
The Countryside
The visitor that comes in Bertinoro finds animated taverns and rich vineyards and is immediately infected by an atmosphere inclined to wine and pleasure of living. The wine is an indissoluble part of Bertinoro history, from the ancient Romans to our days. CAMPODELSOLE is the full and accomplished expression of this place, of this hill between a generous land and a clean blue sky – “place” of the wine at the meeting point between earth and spirit.
The Cellar
The headquarters of CAMPODELSOLE is the result of a project dedicating organically to every working the right space, alternating emptiness and fullness that accompanies the transformation of matter instead of dominating it. A great laboratory where each part accompanies and facilitates the process culminating in the wine, in harmony of shape and not-intrusive technologies. The feature morphology of the building and of its interiors, which is opened to welcome their guest, demonstrates the commitment with which it is willed to preserve the natural materials and the wealth of those who work there. The winery is located at the borders of a region of remarkable natural scenary with the desire to integrate with the surrounding environment. It is made on two level building with a height difference of almost 5 meters and it lays down on two contour lines, trying to optimize the natural inclination and making it functional for the production system.
Vineyards
Knowing how to cultivate means how to put what the land already holds. The path of quality that Campodelsole does is therefore a first fundamental stage in his vineyards.
75 hectares of vineyard of Campodelsole, two hundred and seventeen metres above sea level and with excellent exposure to the east south-east, are worked with great care, so as to enhance the resources and expand the potential.
Wines
The very rich tradition of the area of Bertinoro, expression of a sweet and generous land, is collected today form Campodelsole and renewed through new techniques and instruments.
In continuity with those monks that in medieval era knew to preserve and perpetuate the art of wine, CAMPODELSOLE works in respect of the territory, the climate and of the methods of cultivation of the past to produce, with the means of today, wines able to express the potentiality of the land.
Some wine tasting reports
San Maglorio
SanMaglorio: Sangiovese di Romagna DOC superior
Vine variety:
Sangiovese coming from different clones of the Romagna area. Ageing for 8 months in stainless steel tanks. Alcolhol content about 13%. It has nose of Plum Fermentation:
Colour of wine is Dark red and Taste of Cherry flavours.
Food suggestion:
Lasagna, white meat, medium cheese.
San Pascasio
San Pascasio – Pagadebit di Romagna
Vine variety
Bombino bianco, scions coming from an old family vineyard
Ageing for 6 month in stainless steel tanks, with small percentage aged in oak barriques. Alcohol content of about 13%
It has nose of ripe peach.Colour of wine is light yellow. Taste of mango flavor
Food suggestion:
Ravioli with ricotta cheese, sea food.
Vertice
Vertice – Sangiovese di Romagna DOC superiore “riserva”
Vine variety: Small-berry clones of Sangiovese
Ageing of 20 months in French barriques and 6 months in the bottle. Alcohol content of about 14 %. Wine has nose of red fruits and taste of plum and sweet spices. Wine has dark red colour.
Food suggestion:Fowl, game birds.
Reference:
http://www.campodelsole.it
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