Agricultural Company of the Bologna hills

• The vineyards
• The cellar
• The acknowledgement
• Consumer's information

The company is located in the municipality of Sasso Marconi , just outside the city of Bologna within the so-called area "a Denominazione di Origine Controllata" COLLI BOLOGNESI (controlled named area Bologna Hills) and has been working in this market from more than 25 years. The vineyard surface is 17,3 hectares, all of which are directly managed.

The vineyards

The vineyards are located inside the municipality of Sasso Marconi , in three separate fields:

6,9 hectares in the area of Tignano, the field is called "I prati", within the sub-area Colline Marconiane (Marconian Hills) at 225 m. above sea level.

5,3 hectares in the area of Montechiaro, the fields are called "Il casetto" and "I cumi", within the sub-area Colline Marconiane (Marconian Hills), at 385 m. above sea level.

5,1 hectares in the area of San Lorenzo at Sasso Marconi, the field is called “Isola”, near the river Reno, at 100 m above sea level, where the cellar is located, too.

Since the vineyards are located at different elevations, they will have different sun exposure and soil conditions; hence, the grapes will be different within the same species of vine. This aids to select the most interesting product every year at the cellar.

The plant density varies from 2000 plants per hectare for the oldest vineyards to greater than 4000 per hectare for the most recent ones. The average yield in grapes per hectare is approx. 9 Tons; in some vineyards it is even less thanks to the summer thinning.

The variety of vineyards grown are: Chardonnay, Pinot, Pignoletto, Sauvignon, Cabernet, Merlot and Barbera, all of which are registered in the books of the DOC Colli Bolognesi and DOC Colli Bolognesi Classico.

The cellar

Grapes are all picked by hand and wine is made inside the Company's cellar which has all the modern facilities for temperature control and cold maceration, a retting pit, small wooden butts and pressure cookers for fermentation, grape withering, and fining inside small wooden butts.

The wine expert who is in charge for the cellar is Mr. Giovanni Fraulini.

The acknowledgements

For several years our Company has been receiving flattering reviews in the main technical guides, such as Gambero Rosso, Duemila Vini AIS, Vini italiani di Luca Maroni, Vini d'Italia dell'Espresso, I vini di Veronelli.

Consumer's information

Since the 1998 harvest we have utilized a detailed back label on each bottle displaying the harvest year, some features of the wine, main cellar operations and the content of sulphur dioxide as certified by the analyses made by the Chamber of Commerce. Although not compulsory, we wish to mention the total content of SO2 in the label as it enriches the information given to the consumer and proves the reduced content of preserving additives, thus guaranteeing the quality of our product.