Azienda Agricola Fornacelle

About Winery and Wines

The vineyard is situated 50 m. above sea level, the varieties grown are Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc for red wines, Vermentino, Sauvignon Blanc, Fiano and Sémillon for white wines. The training systems are Guyot and low cordon spurs with a density of 6.000/8.000 plants per hectare and a yields are around 65%-70%. The estate has different types of soils, middle-hard with gravely structure, clayey and stony, which add more complexity to wines. “In 2004 we planted a vineyard of two special white varieties: Sémillon and Fiano, because, as a result of our research, both grapes could give excellent expression in our wine estate. The first harvest of those white grapes was in 2006.”