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Poggi dell'Elmo

Soldano · Imperia (IM)
← Liguria
Established
2000
Giovanni Guglielmi (named for father Elmo)
Yearly production
Location
Soldano
Imperia (IM) · Liguria
Vineyard area
Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Appellations

Rossese di Dolceacqua o Dolceacqua DOCRiviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

History

After phylloxera destroyed the old vineyards at the end of the nineteenth century, great-grandfather Giandomenico replanted the family's vines in Soldano, in Liguria's Val Verbone near the French border.

In the 1960s father Elmo devoted himself to farming Rossese and Massarda by hand; after a detour into floriculture in the 1970s-80s, the estate was formally established as Poggi dell'Elmo in 2000, named in his honor.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Rossese di Dolceacqua Elmo
Rossese di Dolceacqua o Dolceacqua DOC · Rossese
Estate red from vines averaging forty years old on south/southeast-facing slopes in Soldano.
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