Our Vineyards
We currently manage 8,5 hectares of vineyards, mostly between 25 and 45 years of age. All the vineyards fall within the administrative boundaries of the Municipality of Cupramontana (black line in the map below) or slightly outside (in the Municipality of San Paolo di Jesi), at most 4 km as the crow flies from the wine cellar at San Michele.
The terroir here has always been considered perfect for the production of structured and long-lived wines, with great sapidity and aromatic complexity. The vineyards extend all around the village, perched on top of the highest hill in the area, at 505 meters. The variability of the exposures and the slopes, combined with the alternation of different soils, has often led many local winemakers over the years to make cru wines (here called "contrade"). To enhance this practice, which has its roots in the sharecropping and agricultural farming organizations of the Marche region, a first zoning project of the municipal territory has been developed in recent years. The zoning project of the vineyards can be explored online at the site: www.gustocupramontana.it or through MIG - Musei In Grotta, in Via Leopardi.
Here it is sufficient to remember how the territory in Cupramontana is part of the Umbrian-Marche Apennines, essentially consisting of a series of sedimentary rock formations of marine origin. Starting from the Miocene, about 23 million years ago, this sedimentary series was compressed by tectonic forces, faulted, folded and raised to form the mountainous and hilly ridges of our Apennines, which thus emerged from this ancient proto-Mediterranean ocean that geologists call Tetide.
The hills of the Cupramontana terroir were formed during the final part of this process of tectonic lifting and structural deformation, in a period which is roughly that of the lower Pliocene, that is to say about 4-5 million years ago.
The terroir here has always been considered perfect for the production of structured and long-lived wines, with great sapidity and aromatic complexity. The vineyards extend all around the village, perched on top of the highest hill in the area, at 505 meters. The variability of the exposures and the slopes, combined with the alternation of different soils, has often led many local winemakers over the years to make cru wines (here called "contrade"). To enhance this practice, which has its roots in the sharecropping and agricultural farming organizations of the Marche region, a first zoning project of the municipal territory has been developed in recent years. The zoning project of the vineyards can be explored online at the site: www.gustocupramontana.it or through MIG - Musei In Grotta, in Via Leopardi.
Here it is sufficient to remember how the territory in Cupramontana is part of the Umbrian-Marche Apennines, essentially consisting of a series of sedimentary rock formations of marine origin. Starting from the Miocene, about 23 million years ago, this sedimentary series was compressed by tectonic forces, faulted, folded and raised to form the mountainous and hilly ridges of our Apennines, which thus emerged from this ancient proto-Mediterranean ocean that geologists call Tetide.
The hills of the Cupramontana terroir were formed during the final part of this process of tectonic lifting and structural deformation, in a period which is roughly that of the lower Pliocene, that is to say about 4-5 million years ago.
Legend:
.1 San Michele (Cupramontana) - Exposure: south. Soil: alternation of sandstones and clay rich in limestone.
2 Battinebbia (San Paolo di Jesi) - Exposure: east. Soil: silty and sandy, arenaceous, rich in water.
3 Valle (Cupramontana) - Exposure: south. Soil: Schlier (clayey marl and chalk).
4 Manciano (Cupramontana) - Exposure: north-east. Soil: Schlier (clayey marl and chalk).
5 San Bartolomeo (Cupramontana) - Exposure: south-west. Soil: loose sandstones, silty.
6 Forcone (Cupramontana) - Exposure: north-east. Soil: clay and sandstone.
2 Battinebbia (San Paolo di Jesi) - Exposure: east. Soil: silty and sandy, arenaceous, rich in water.
3 Valle (Cupramontana) - Exposure: south. Soil: Schlier (clayey marl and chalk).
4 Manciano (Cupramontana) - Exposure: north-east. Soil: Schlier (clayey marl and chalk).
5 San Bartolomeo (Cupramontana) - Exposure: south-west. Soil: loose sandstones, silty.
6 Forcone (Cupramontana) - Exposure: north-east. Soil: clay and sandstone.