Vignedileo

Über das Weingut und die Weine

Located on the south-western side of Staffolo, a small town in the hinterland of Ancona district, Tre Castelli (Three Castles) Winery, alias “Vignedileo” (Leo’s vineyards), has been producing Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi for over 30 years, red wines with Montepulciano and Sangiovese grapes, Vino di Visciola from wild cherries and a high quality Extra-Virgin Olive Oil.

United to its territory, land and family traditions, the Winery owns today 40 productive hectars in total of 100, which makes 150.000 bottles per year, 60% is distributed to the inner market and for the remaining part in foreign markets and the quality makes its own philosophy.

One century of history.The Cimarelli Family, native of Staffolo and Palpacelli Family, native of Jesi are one of Tre Castelli (Three Castles) Wineries , this is the history of two families of wine-growers whose shared passion for wine brought them together. The respective agricultural businesses of cultivation and production of Verdicchio grapes are dated back to one century ago when the current owner’s great grandfather had started planting Verdicchio in order to vinificate his own grapes with tools and techniques used in selling wine to local market.

As the tradition imposed in that time, along the years, Family lands and vineyards have been always handed down from father to son so the family businesses saw growth and prosperity, as the lives of the family business started to weave together .Initially, the two families became more united though the marriage of their children and the families grew together and became closely knit which paved a pathway for their joint business devolpment. This union brought the two vinyards from Jesi to Staffolo which united them in 1990- Creating -the Tre Castelli (Three Castels Winery). It is well known to its own vineyards at the three different castles Jesi, Montecarotto and Staffolo, as they are the most important sites in terms of history and wine.

The Tre Castelli Winery, as we know today, was given birth in 1990 by the spouses Leonardo Palpacelli and Maria Adele Cimarelli, in the photo above together with their parents. All the credit is owed to these two essential characters as, in that time, they had moved the whole family business to Staffolo, where they are now, in order to concentrate and expand the vineyard hectars around the winery.

When Leonardo sadly passed away in 1990, his sons Emanuele and Gianfilippo founded the brand “Vignedileo” by themselves; In their father’s honour, going ahead with the family business once again and still carrying it on today turning it into a strong, innovative, dynamic and modern dimension.

Therefore, these two families’s history is extremely intertwined to the native vine Verdicchio, the main ccompany which is currently being carried on by the firstborn Emanuele, flanked by his younger brother Gianfilippo, both leading the Family Winery today. haracter of this history. Telling a century of history and a century of viticulture is not simple nor possible in few lines. Try to imagine that a part of the vineyards where we work today is the same land the Cimarelli Family had been cultivating 100 years ago. The Winery you see today is the result of plenty of historical phases, many harvests,constant daily work ; Moreover alot of gratification and a sense of achievement. For this reason, the winery has to be visited and lived because each wine bottle has its own history to tell.

The heart of the Winery is made with daily love for the viticulture, made by work ethic, skills and efficiency on vineyards and in cellar and by an extreme market reliability.This impeccabile ettiquite has brought the Winery where today it is. The most Imperative aspects: products quality, agronomic trial, vineyard care, innovative growth and vinification techniques, market development, packaging care, cork and labels selections, environment, territory and the respect of traditions.

We strongly believe the raw material quality, the bunch of grapes, is the base for a quality wine. The Vine is like a human being…it’s affected by the surrounding environment so we are only able to understand its elboratness only after long time. Therefore, only a healthy vine, well rooted on its best soil and well adapted to the microclimate around, may offer its highest potential in development, ripening, aromas and scents terms in its own dna.

Among the most important white grapes vines in Italy, Verdicchio stands out for its freshness, saltiness, minerality, olfactory and tasting aromatic persistence, versatility and ageing capability. With great structure and fragrance, Verdicchio offers white and yellow pulp fruit, citrus fruit, white flowers, almond, anice and aromatic herbs. Fresh and salty, Verdicchio gives a very long lasting typical bitter almond paste flavour and an intense mineral wake that can instantly be recongnised; the Great quality and complexity of wine which has been able to improve along with time.

Verdicchio can be elegantly paired with fish and fish fruit, white and wild meat, cheese, white truffle and thanks to its great versatility it can accompany the great cuisine from appetizer to dessert.

Aside of Verdicchio, produced in 4 different types like Sparkling, Classic, Superior and Classic "Reserve", our Winery makes also Rosè from Montepulciano grapes, Rosso Piceno Doc from Sangiovese grapes, Esino Rosso Doc from Montepulciano+Merlot grapes, Marche Rosso Igt from Montepulciano and Visciola Wine from wild cherries and Montepulciano.