La Calcinara
Ancona · Ancona (AN)
Established
1997
Mario Berluti
Yearly production
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Location
Ancona
Ancona (AN) · Marche
Vineyard area
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Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
Appellations
Rosso Conero DOCMarche IGT
History
The Berluti family's wine story began with grandfather Gualtiero, who moved from Castelleone di Suasa to Ancona in the 1940s and opened a cantina-osteria in 1948; in 1965 he planted the family's first Montepulciano vineyard in Candia, registered among the earliest plots when Rosso Conero became a DOC in 1967.
The modern La Calcinara estate was founded in 1997 by Mario Berluti in Contrada Calcinara; a new winery followed in 2005 and the first vintage of its flagship 'Folle' bottling in 2007. It is now run by siblings Eleonora and Paolo Berluti using organic farming.
Wines
Illustrative selectionFolle
Flagship organic Rosso Conero from the Berluti family's Candia vineyards, first produced in 2007.
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