Tenuta Santi Giacomo E Filippo Bellantonio Elevato 2019 (750ml)

 

The colour, aroma and taste of our wines are the result of the personality and commitment of those who make them, of the soft lines of the hills where our vines grow and of the richness and complexity of our cultural heritage, preserved for centuries in Raphael’s lands.  Rows of both international vines and local grapes are grown here: our work is focused on the latter and to promoting varieties such as Biancame, Incrocio Bruni 54, Verdicchio, Montepulciano and Sangiovese grosso.

 

Tenuta Santi Giacomo Filippo Bellantonio Elevato 2019

 

IGT Marche Bianco

 

Anfora (Earthenware Aged) Organic Wine

 

Bright and dynamic, like the wine that bears his name.  Everything started with him. 

 

To our dear Uncle Antonio, Our Inspiration, Every Day.

 

A rich and textured white wine with great depth and complexity given from being made in clay amphora.  Matches beautifully with antipasto and meat dishes, but equally very friendly drunk without food.

 

Territory:  Urbino - Montefeltro

 

Grape Variety:  100% Incrocio Bruni 54

 

Year or Vineyard Planting:  2006

 

Row Orientation:  North/West – South/East

 

Altitude:  101m

 

Terrain:  Hilly, Silty Soil

 

Vine Density Per Hectare:  4,000

 

Training Method:  Guyot

 

Soil Management:  Total Green Cover

 

Organic Certification:  CCPB Organic Certification

 

Harvest:  September 2019

 

Harvesting Method:  Hand-Picked, In little boxes.

 

Production Method:  Fermentation in Stainless Steel Tanks and Maturation in Amphora

 

Tasting Notes

 

A bright mature straw color.  On the nose, a touch of young honey, incense, citron, mountain hay and sage.  Intense and persistent aromas.  The mouthfeel is soft, gentle, mature and harmoniously enveloping, yet austere and full bodied.

 

Food & Wine Pairings

 

It is well suited for elaborate starch dishes and pasta with tomato sauce, white meats, fish and medium-ripe cheeses; it’s a meditation wine that can also be enjoyed between meals.

 

Incrocio Bruni 54 Grape Variety

 

Incrocio Bruni 54 is a crossing by pollenation of Sauvignon Blanc and Verdicchio which was done in 1936 by Professor Bruno Bruni while working for the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.  It is only found in the Marche region and Tenuta Santi Giacomo e Filippo are championing it as Marche's flagship grape.

 

The wine obtained from the Incrocio Bruni 54 grape is pale straw yellow in color.  On the palate it is gentle, aromatic, full-bodied.

 

The grapes are used exclusively for winemaking.  Normally it is not vinified in purity, but it is used to give perfume and aromas to the grapes.

 

Marche Wine Region

 

Le Marche (The Marches) is located on the Adriatic coast toward the top of the Italian peninsula.  Its capital and largest city is Ancona.  In the wine world, Marche is best known for white wines made from Verdicchio and perhaps for Montepulciano-based red wines like Rosso Cònero and Rosso Piceno.  It has 5 DOCGs, 15 DOCs, and a single IGP.  In 2022, Marche apparently shattered previous records with a production volume of 1.4 million hectoliters (15.4 million cases) of wine from its 15,600 ha (38,600 acres) of vineyards. 

 

The region’s primary grape varieties are Sangiovese (22%), Montepulciano (20%), and Verdicchio (14%), although overall white wine exceeds red wine in volume.

 

 

Tenuta Santi Giacomo E Filippo

 

Fourteen hectares of vineyards between 80 and 220 metres above sea level, in a medium-texture soil, between clayey and silty.  Here is where the grapes grow.  The vineyards favourable exposure, the careful agronomic management and the unfaltering commitment contribute to the production of wines that will tell you the story of our land and its traditions.

 

We like to refer to our winery as a “wine workshop”, a place of artisan industriousness where all we do is facilitate the natural fermentation processes of the grapes through studying and applying our experience and great respect for the precious matter we are working with.  Our work aims at enhancing the grapes unique characteristics by adopting only oenological, logical and never invasive practices.  Inaugurated in 2016, the farm cellar is the stage for non-stop experimenting of different wine-making techniques and materials.  Steel barrels alternate with oak wood vats, we use modern autoclaves for sparkling wine and terracotta amphorae of traditional conception, the winery is filled with the heady scent of live wine in the partially hypogeum and particularly suitable for wine-making.  Here is where we work hard every day to give shape to the changing expressions of our territory, to reflect different vintages, narrations of changing seasons.