Vines currently cultivated include the indigenous Grechetto, for which they chose the G5 clone, a lower yielding yet more characteristic strain. For the reserve wines, a first harvest of the grapes is carried out while the grapes are just beginning to ripen, in order to obtain an average yield of 1 Kg of grapes per plant. With 5,000 vines per hectare, they are able to control the number of buds and consequently the productivity of the vines. They regularly replant their vines and cultivate them using the spur pruning system and high density planting. In 1998, the company decided to join forces with the highly esteemed agronomic and oenological consultant Riccardo Cotarella, thus marking the start of a highly successful professional collaboration as well as a valued friendship.
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From that point on, they began a long journey in pursuit of the perfect balance between innovation and tradition, endeavoring to unleash the full potential of their terroir – situated on the hills between Spello and Assisi – where they now own 20 hectares of vineyards from which they produce an average of 200,000 bottles per year. With great reverence for the teachings of their father Vittorio, they began to bottle wines under their own label. In the late 1970s, brothers Ernesto and Remo turned their attention exclusively to winemaking. The Sportoletti family has been passionately dedicated to producing wine in Umbria for generations.
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