Esino

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory is crossed to the north by the rivers Cesano, Nevola, and Misa, to the south by the river Aspio, and internally by the river Esino — watercourses that shape the gentle hills and valleys of the area.
• The geological nature of the soils is fairly homogeneous, with pelitic/calcareous or pelitic/clayey rocks showing high levels of instability, while the valleys display alluvial deposits, sometimes gravelly.
• Over 70% of the appellation territory lies at elevations below 350 metres above sea level, with maximum altitudes not exceeding 1,400 metres, and a predominance of second- and third-order river terraces.
• Flat areas account for 10% of the total surface, while 70% of the territory presents slopes of between 2% and 25%, with no dominant aspect relative to the four cardinal points.
• The mean January temperature ranges from 4 to 6 °C and the mean July temperature from 21 to 24 °C, with an annual average of 13–15 °C and mean annual rainfall of 700–900 mm, within a temperate Köppen Class C climate with warm summers.

• In 1269, the judge De Crescenzi described at Senigallia the vineyards of the Marca di Ancona as trained on canes and stakes, distinguishing them from the Bolognese piantata system using elm and maple.
• The carbonic maceration winemaking technique, developed in France, was taken up experimentally by the Ente di Sviluppo Agricolo delle Marche from the early 1980s under the scientific guidance of the University of Bologna, and proved particularly effective in enhancing the aromatic profile of local varieties such as Lacrima and Sangiovese.

• Esino bianco displays a pale straw-yellow colour, a delicate and pleasant nose, and a harmonious palate of good structure.
• Esino bianco frizzante shows a straw-yellow colour tending toward amber of varying depth, a nose characteristic of appassimento — ethereal and intense — and a sweet, harmonious, and velvety palate of good structure.
• Esino rosso has a ruby-red colour, an intense nose, and a dry, harmonious palate of good structure, while the novello version offers a fragrant and refined nose and a soft, harmonious, and velvety palate.

• The Verdicchio variety, in interaction with the natural environment and through skilled human management, imparts to Esino bianco its colour, aromas, bouquet, and gustatory-olfactory persistence, making it distinctive and recognisable.
• Sangiovese and Montepulciano, in interaction with the natural environment and through skilled human management, give Esino rosso its ruby-red colour, intense nose, dry and harmonious palate, and good structure.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0434
• Official trade body site — Istituto Marchigiano di Tutela Vini (IMT)