Sonia Giardini

Federico Mencaroni is the fourth generation of wine-growers in his family. The historical family winery, founded in the last century and located in Corinaldo (Le Marche region), in 2010 passed the baton to Federico, who after oenological studies and more than ten years of work experiences in some Italian wineries from South to North of the Country, began to manage the company to develop technical and technological innovations and to improve the quality of the products.

Federico and his collaborators follow all the vineyards, carrying out the hand harvest, and all the next production steps of the grapes and the wines (vinification, bottling, the long sparkling process, and disgorging) without designating any third parties. The size of the company, the family-run management, and the genuine and natural processing of the raw material give birth to a product that can still be called “craftsmanship”.

The vineyards, most of them of white grapes, are organically grown in order to improve the quality of grapes by practicing low production per hectare and few bunches per plant. A native and unique grape, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, gives Federico the chance to create the product he wants and he likes, and to produce wines with unique features, such as Isola and Flora, and sparkling traditional method wines with great personality. 

ISOLA, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 100%, DOP – The wine matures in steel tanks on noble wine lees for 18 months and another 6 months in its bottle before selling.

FLORA, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 70%, Malvasia 15%, Biancame 15%, IGP Marche Bianco. The wine matures on noble wine lees for 6 months and 1 other month in the bottle before being sold. URBANO, Montepulciano, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon (the percentage depends on the yearly grape harvest), IGP Marche Rosso. The wine ages in barrique for 12 months and another 6 months on the bottle.

VINO SPUMANTE DI QUALITA', BRUT, Verdicchio, Traditional-method sparkling. The wine ages on the wine noble lees for about 40 months and another 4 months after the disgorging. VINO SPUMANTE DI QUALITA', BRUT NATURE, Verdicchio, Traditional-method sparkling. The wine ages on the wine noble lees for about 40 months and another 4 months after the disgorging.

VINO ROSATO SPUMANTE DI QUALITA', EXTRA BRUT ROSE', Verdicchio 80%, Pinot nero 20%, Traditional-method Sparkling. Verdicchio grapes are vinified with the traditional method of sparkling wine. Pinot Nero grapes follow the traditional red wine vinification. After about 7 months of maturation, the wine is carried out and bottled for the slow fermentation that lasts 36 months.