Wines

Description DOC & DOCG wines of the Strada dei Vini del Cantico

The territory of the Strada dei Vini del Cantico offers the possibility of choosing from among a diversified range of quality wines: there is a wine classified as DOCG (Denominazione d' Origine Controllata e Garantita), recognition of the particular excellence attributed to some DOC wines of national and international renown and 5 wines classified as DOC (Denominazione d'Origine Controllata), which indicates quality wines, originating from limited areas (usually of small to medium dimensions), whose oeno-chemical (dry extract, total acidity, etc.) and organolectic (colour, odour, taste) characteristics must respect the parameters dictated by the so-called "Production rules".

Docg Torgiano Rosso Riserva

The production area includes the entire territory of the Town of Torgiano, with the exclusion of the alluvial land along the course of the Tiber and Chiascio Rivers, as well as the lands at the bottom of the valley and along the hollows that descend on the Northern side of the hill of Brufa.

This territory, the first to be awarded the DOC in Umbria in 1968, was also the first to obtain a DOCG in 1990. These wines are everywhere worthy ambassadors of Umbrian wine, even outside of our Country.

Torgiano Rosso Riserva is a rich and complex wine, suitable for long aging.

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DOC Assisi

The DOC Assisi is one of most recent among the Umbrian DOC: the procedural guideline, approved in 1997, was later revised until the last amendment, which dates back to 2005.

Like in the whole region, the cultivation of the vine is of Etruscan origins, and later developed by the Romans who made the trade of the precious nectar one of their most thriving activities.

The vineyards are located in grounds with favourable exposure and entering in the range of hills between 180 and 750 meters a.s.l., in part in the townships of Assisi, Spello and Perugia.

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DOC Colli Perugini

As in many other zones here as well there are many evidences of the wine-producing activity of Etruscans and Romans. The area includes in part the territories of the townships of Perugia, Deruta, Marsciano, Fratta Todina, Monte Castello di Vibio, Piegaro and San Venanzo. This area, which extends South of Perugia to the right of the Tiber river, has a climate and an exposition that are particularly favourable for viticulture. The soil is, generally, clayey with a strong calcareous component, which can be verified in the light colour of the land.

It is interesting to note how, in the Colli Perugini, some ancient varieties of autochthonus vines are still present, such as Mostiola, Tintarolo, Pecorina and Lupeccio.

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DOC Colli Martani

The land on the left bank of the Tiber River is rich in evidence of the wine-producing activity conducted in the area, first by the Etruscans and then by the Romans. The local wine is noted especially for its particular suitableness for long aging.

Renowned for the production of wine from the time of Ancient Rome (Martial and Plinius the Elder speak of it), this area, which includes a vast area to the North East and South West of the ridge of the Colli Martani, is improving rapidly in quality with single-vine wine production. Vineyards are included in the townships of Todi, Massa Martana, Monte Castello di Vibio, Cannara, Bettona, Deruta, Collazzone, Gualdo Cattaneo, Giano dell'Umbria, Montefalco, Castel Ritaldi, Spoleto and Bevagna.

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DOC Torgiano

The production area is the entire territory of the town of Torgiano, in the province of Perugia. Located in the South-East of Perugia, is characterized by not very high hills, between 180 and 300 m a.s.l.

Fragments of mosaics, remains of niches, building structures, furnaces, tanks and amphoraes attest to the local habit of viticulture in Roman times. After long centuries of various historical events, to the emerging new world viticulture, Torgiano has aligned itself with the most famous Italian wine areas receiving first in Umbria, in 1968, the recognition of the Denomination of Controlled Origin which was followed by the DOCG in 1990.

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DOC Todi

The Todi DOC area covers the whole territory of the towns of Todi, Massa Martana, Collazzone and Monte Castello di Vibio and it was created to give the right value to one of the most suitable area for wine production within the pre-existing Colli Martani DOC zone, where Todi is the main centre.

The appreciation of this centuries-old tradition, now honoured with this award, increased in the last years thanks to the plantation in the Todi DOC zone of many acres of Grechetto grape, as well as Sangiovese and Merlot.

We are in front of well-structured wines, with medium/high alcohol content, good acidity and persistent and characteristic aromas.

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