"This tiny property acts as the purest, most rudimentary "laboratory" for Danilo Marcucci's natural wine designs. Here no compromise is taken. Given the exceedingly small scale of the property, just 4 rows of vines that total less than 1 hectare, Danilo and his friend Riccardo can do things on a different wavelength... no time frames, no yielding.

 

The beauty of the Ceppaiolo is that it displays the classic "contrasto Italiano" with clarity. Plain and simple, Ceppaiolo is a dump. Nothing more then a run down cement farm house that lies mostly in disrepair with bombed out old Fiats and farm equipment scattered around the property. There's no electricity and no bathroom. Just a 4 rows of some of the oldest, rarest and most 'antique' varieties of Umbrian vines, all white, that can be found in the region; Trubiano, Malvasia Bianca, Grechetto, Fumaiola (a rare variety of Verdicchio), Uva Pecora, & San Colombana. 

 

Winemaking is beyond rudimentary. No pumping, nothing more then 1 old barrel, a couple of resin tanks, a cement vat and some demijohns. Here the 'terroir' is not the soil or the altitude but the old vine material and the vision of Danilo and Riccardo, basta."

 

- SelectioNaturel