Among the wines is more substantial the one collected in a benign soil than in a light soil; more that of a temperate climate, than that collected in a humid place, or too dry, too cold, or too hot.
Characteristic of this land is the “Ponca”, a succession of marl and sandstone that creates a perfect machine to regulate the water availability of the plant.
TERROIR
Characteristic of this land is the “Ponca”, a succession of marl and sandstone that creates a perfect machine to regulate the water availability of the plant. The water circulates along the hard sandstone layer going down deep through a perfect system of drainage of excess water. The marl instead acts as a sponge, absorbing water and holding it in the soil.
In times of need, marl makes available the accumulated water for the vine and its physiological development. This condition is created only if the vineyard is cultivated in the hills and if the work of preparing the terraces, with the operations of excavation and restoration, allow a correct relationship between loose earth and mother rock.
The roots of the plant, in fact, do not move deep if the earth is excessively upturned and altered but tend to deepen only if they meet the layers of the rock. This characteristic creates the plant physiology by useful stresses to induce a metabolism of the vine aimed at quality productions. For the vine, in fact, this type of soil limits plant’s vigour, thus guaranteeing low productions, ripe grapes and remarkable minerality in wines, both at olfactory and gustatory level.
VINEYARDS
The company manages 11 hectares of hills all vineyards type “cappuccina” whose harvest is made exclusively by hand to have the best possible selection of grapes that will then be vinified under the brand “Ronco dei Pini” for the selection of high quality wines with aging in wood and who love to be expected and the brand “Terre di Ponca” for wines with aging in steel that are in a hurry to be tasted in convivial moments.
Among our most famous wines that reflect the particularities of the terroir, stands out the Schioppettino di Prepotto, a majestic and lively CRU wine with spicy notes, attention however, because once tasted also our whites, you will be amazed and delighted by their aromatic complexity and persistence.
Our territory also boasts the production of other wines from autochthonous grapes such as “Friulano” and “Ribolla Gialla”, recognized as among the best whites produced in the world.
