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La Calcinara

Ancona · Ancona (AN)
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Established
1997
Mario Berluti
Yearly production
Location
Ancona
Ancona (AN) · Marche
Vineyard area
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 selection
Folle
Rosso Conero DOC · Montepulciano
Flagship organic Rosso Conero from the Berluti family's Candia vineyards, first produced in 2007.
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