Casalfarneto
Marche
About the Winery
Casalfarneto is a family owned, independent wine producer. With its 35 hectares of vineyard, CasalFarneto combines technology, tradition and sustainability to produce wines of excellence. Under the shade of "Farneto oaks", from which the Estate gets its name, the farmhouse boasts the cultivation of white and red grapes with particular focus on the Verdicchio, producing 10 different wines from it (from charmat to champenois, to stainless steel, cryomacerated, riserva, botrytis, passito).
Casalfarneto Wine Estate is located in the center of Le Marche, amongst the hills of Ancona province at the border with two well-known valleys: Valmisa and Vallesina. The latter, known for its small historical villages around the city of Jesi, is the ideal area for Verdicchio, a DOC white wine, praised by oenologists and sommeliers for its tasteful character. The company was founded in 1995 by Danilo Solustri, and a new winery was built in 2005. A few years later, the winery began to receive recognition from top publications such as Vinous, Gambero Rosso, Bibenda and others. In 2018 Paolo Togni, a local businessman, decided to step out from the Togni Group and concentrate on the development of Casalfarneto winery.
Marche
Ancient Romans loved the wine from Picenum, what is now Marche, and fossils show that wine has been produced there since the Iron Age. In addition to being a wonderful, peaceful place, located between the Apennine Mountains to the West and the Adriatic Sea to the East, the region has a hilly landscape, with small, fortified medieval towns, castles and monasteries located on each hilltop. It was the white Verdicchio wine, with its green amphora-shaped bottles, which put Marche on the wine map a few decades ago. The wine must have something magical properties because, according to legend, it was the Verdicchio which gave the Alaric soldiers courage to cross the Apennines and invade Rome.
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Ratings & Reviews
Title | Item | Vintage | Publication | Score | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casalfarneto | Verdicchio 'Pao Orange' 2023 | 2023 | 92 | This is aromatic and bright, with dried citrus fruit, peach skin, spices and dry soil. Medium-bodied, tense and vivid on the palate, with fine, chalky tannins. Concentrated and racy. Verdicchio. Drink or hold. | |
Casalfarneto | Verdicchio 'Fontevecchia' 2022 | 2022 | 91 | Lemon curd, sliced pears and white grapefruit on the nose with some white flower and chalk aromas, too. It’s both crisp and creamy, medium-bodied, with a pretty interplay of fruit and minerals. Drink now or hold. | |
Casalfarneto | Verdicchio 'Fontevecchia' 2022 | 2022 | 92 | Verdicchio isn’t loved by everybody as much as it is by me, but I greatly value its freshness and green-fruit flavors and underlying minerality, especially from this (probably best) appellation of Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore in the Marche. Trying it with fresh seafood along the province’s coast would make you a lifelong believer, but it also travels well, and though clam pasta would be my first choice, this is a great summer solo-sipper and a fine partner for any shellfish dish or finfish with white flesh of almost any type. Zesty but not remotely sour, this offers excellent refreshment value but shows lovely fruit with underlying complexities that make this more than a mere quaffing wine. | |
Casalfarneto | Verdicchio 'Fontevecchia' 2022 | 2022 | 90 | Bright, radiant straw yellow. On the nose, applesauce, hay, almonds and a touch of yeast. On the palate, the wine has a delicate bitter approach and course, and is juicy with crisp acidity and bright fruit. A lot of wine for your money. |
