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Here below we present the main characteristic of our wines. If you are interested to tastings or greater information on prices and offering, please contact us.
CAMPORECampore yields up its personality sip by sip. In making a wine that exploits the peculiarities of climate, altitude and exposure, Emilio has gone for a “long-life” white which will improve with time and come to reward the countryman’s labours. A product of chardonnay and sauvignon, Campore is full-bodied, fat even, to the palate, and if carefully savoured will reveal core qualities of balance and length. 
MORANAEmilio’s vines grow at the high upper fringe, the wild uncontaminated border between nature and man, in a more than metaphorical sense. This gives an authentic note to the wines: they will surprise, they sometimes amaze. Morana poses a subtle, vibrant invitation to the nose and charms the palate with a minimal trace of sweetness. There is a lingering hint of bitter almond, prolonging the sense of opulence. 
IL CASETTOCassetto comes from an uvaggio of Merlot, Cabernet and Sangiovese. Its authentic immediacy makes it a good daily companion. A piquant spicy flavour on the nose, with a slightly “green” flirtatious quality, this is a lively and highly drinkable beast. It speaks at once in the glass, clean and pure. Round in the mouth, essential, rich yet no frills. Cassetto gives each of its grapes their due a local “take” on some non-local vines. 
CASTAGNARAPinot noir is a tricky grape. Many a wine-producer has chased this elusive quarry only to lose it at the last, since in order to come through it needs the borderline conditions, the razor’s edge. As a locality Modigliana might be thought to do less than justice to such a variety, at least in the classic sense, yet this successful Castagnara proves the happy exception. Its great character comes through at once, a cross between the classic floral note and robust power kept strictly in check. The result is a complex challenge, first to the nose, then to the mouth. Castagnara comes on in the glass. Dally with it, and you may be in for some genuine surprises. 
CALENZONEThere are few enough cases in Romagna where the grower is one and the same as the master oenologist, but one such is Il Pratello. No accident, then, if Calenzone – largely Merlot with some Cabernet – breathes the lofty essence of “locality”. The vineyard faces South-East, which is ideal, making for a fully mature, warm, clean, fragrant fruit. Aging in the barrel (or barrique) is one stage in a long journey that begins in the field, adding a dense harmonious texture. Here at its best, note the overtones of soft fruit and plum jam. 
MANTIGNANOA glass of Mantignano is a disarming solution to a thorny equation: wine equals terrain plus class. Emilio Placci has his sights on a simple and a difficult goal as he teases out this wine: “the project here is to get a wine that goes on faithfully representing its territory, year after year”. Finishing in the barrique gives this Sangiovese finesse, the crowning touch to what the nose and mouth first register as fullness and balance. 
BADIA RAUSTIGNOLOBadia Raustignolo, a Sangiovese, is a pure spokesman for its territory. This wine is the perfect fruit of a vine that tends of itself to the low-yield productive equilibrium and by some rare alchemy combines heart and muscle. Badia Raustignolo is only made in years that guarantee the superiore quality: the dense play of nuances, shuttling from fruit to earth, earth to fruit – fruit deep and red, now simply ripened berry, now something akin to jam. 
BEGUGIANOThe centesimo grape is one of our territory’s hidden treasures handed down over the centuries and flowering here with a well-deserved success. This aromatic vine may be worked as a dry wine, but is at its best as passito. Becugiano is a more than fair representative: balanced and opulent at the same time, it contains a hint of candied fruit and is fresh yet complex to the palate. Centesimino comes out somewhat austere in this locality and puts together a distinctly original personality. |