Falesco

The Falesco Winery is one of the most reliable wine producers in Central Italy. The family winery was founded in Lazio, in the municipality of Montefiascone, in an area that once supplied the noble courts of Rome and the Vatican with its top wines. The company is owned by two brothers who are well known in the Italian wine scene. President Riccardo Cotarella, a brilliant oenologist and son of a winemaking family, advises around sixty wineries in Italy and abroad. Co-owner Renzo Cotarella is also managing director and oenologist of the Marchesi Antinori estates. One of the concerns of the celebrity siblings is to continue the glorious days of their production area, which extends over the regions of Lazio and Umbria. An ultra-modern cellar offers the best conditions for this. Today the daughters Dominga, Marta and Enrica are active in the Falesco winery with the same enthusiasm as their fathers.

Riccardo Cotarella, President of the International Union of Oenologues, also known worldwide as the „The Magician“ and his brother Enzo share the same philosophy - faithfulness to the terroir, preservation of historical grape varieties, basic scientific research and the latest technology. On the hills that stretch from Lake Bolsena to Lake Corbara or from Montefiascone to Montecchio, the headquarters of Falesco in Umbria, the soils are mixed. The Montefiascone area is dominated by sandy subsoil, rich in lava, phosphorus and potassium. The climate is mild throughout the year. It is rainy in winter and between day and night there are high temperature fluctuations. The area of Montecchio is characterized by bitter cold winters and very warm summers. The fertile calcareous clay soils are rich in important microelements such as potassium and magnesium.

Between Montefiascone and Lake Bolsena, the first Falesco Cantina was created. Here, on volcanic and sediment soils, the indigenous Roscetto, Aleatico, Trebbiano and Malvasia grape varieties are cultivated, as well as some international varieties such as Merlot, Syrah and Viognier. In the municipality of Montecchio, the Umbrian headquarters south of Orvieto, lies the ultra-modern Nuova Cantina, opened in 2004. Not only Cabernet, Merlot, Sangiovese, Verdicchio and Vermentino thrive on an area of around 260 hectares. With the scientific support of the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, experiments with varieties such as Nero d'Avola, Primitivo, Malbech, Tannat, Montepulciano and Teroldego. The white wines of Falesco present themselves with a very pure fruity note. However, the company has become really famous for its red wines, especially Vitiano and Montiano. SUPERIORE.DE