Our vineyards

The farm "Azienda Agraria Musignano di Andreoli G e C" has a long tradition in the field of wine and grape production, and it was on the list of producers of the Trasimeno DOC until the middle of 1980s. The vines used for the production of red wines were Sangiovese (60-80%), together with Ciliegiolo, Gamay, Mal­vasia del Chianti and Trebbiano Tosca­no, while white wine production used the following vines: Trebbiano Toscano (60-80%), Malvasia del Chianti e Ver­dello. Besides DOC wines at the arti­san level a small amount of vin­santo was produced from grapes that were made to wither (it. appassire) in a sui­table place. Vinsanto was kept ap­proximately 5 years in kegs (small bar­rels) before it was bottled.

Due to various reasons, during the middle of 1980s one decided to stop wine-making and consequently vineyards did get less importance.

However, recently beginning from the year 2002, after the problems regarding the generation change, has began a new process that looks to increase the value of vineyards and grape product­ion. This has meant a progressive sub­stitution of the old vineyards, that had be­come uneconomical, with new vineyards of the foloowing vines: Cabernet Savignon, Sangiovese and Merlot.

The replantation should consent us to adopt production types that are more rational and modern (e.g. the distance of plants is narrower which gives the possibility to adopt more modern ways of production that helps us to save in costs and labour). However, this has no meant that all elements of tradition have been abandoned, since we still have a vineyard on a hill slope, which has been done only with chestnut poles.

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