Wine Castello di Corbara, “Orzalume”, Umbria IGT, 2022

The history of the Italian white wine Grechetto “Latour a Civitella” has French roots. At one meeting, the famous French winemaker Louis Fabrice Latour told Italian wine producer Sergio Mottura of technology exposure of young wine in oak barrels type “ft”. The first experience of winemakers Mottura this technique showed a striking result – the taste and aroma of grapes Grechetto combined with oak notes differed incredible elegance and originality. So, in 1994, was born wine Grechetto “Latour and Civitella” by Sergio Mottura, which soon fell into the twenty best Italian white wines and received the highest praise magazine Gambero Rosso, having won the rating “Tre Bicchieri” as a top-class wine.

Possession Sergio Mottura are located in Civitella d’Agliano (Civitella d’Agliano) – between the northern Lazio and Umbria, Italy. The plot of 130 hectares of land with the soil of volcanic origin belongs to the family Mottura more than 70 years, but the vines are grown here since the XIII century. To date, the family enjoys Mottura vineyards planted several decades ago, and only a third of the vineyards are new. Traditional farming and the use of new technologies in the production of wine, excluding the use of chemical additives help maintain the quality of the wines at a consistently high level.

Sergio Mottura wines are made from grapes harvested manually. The berries are soft pressing, after which the resulting wort is cooled immediately, which accelerates separation of sediment and fermentation involved pure juice. Production Mottura family is based on organic farming, ie without the use of artificial fertilizers and machine assembly. This technique is immutable rule Mottura farms whose owners are committed to preserve the beauty and purity of the surrounding world. No wonder the Mottura became an emblem of wines porcupine – an animal that lives only in places where there is a natural balance.