THE REGIONS
It is a historically famous place for vine cultivation.
Bertinoro is a gentle hill that emerges from the plain like a monolith of limestone rock, locally called “spungone” (large sponge) and consisting of fossil shells.
The heart of the appellation surrounds the town of Bertinoro and overlooks it (Monte Maggio): the soil is brown clay filled with limestone and fossils. Altitude is 150-250m asl.
Travelling north-east-bound in the direction of Capocolle the Bertinoro hill slopes towards the plain gradually losing the limestone.
South of Bertinoro is the warm and narrow Fratta Terme valley where the sub-area crosses the line of the ravines on more compact and raw clays.
In the direction of Cesena the sub-area includes the Polenta and Paderno district where clay is still calcareous but lightened by sandy veins and a breezier and cooler climate.
THE WINES
The wines are full-bodied and generous in red fruits, often ripe and Mediterranean like the dominant warm wind from the Adriatic Sea.
The opulent yet sweet and long-lived tannins clearly speak of a calcareous soil.