Colacicchi
Anagni · Frosinone (FR)
Established
1950
Luigi Colacicchi
Yearly production
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Location
Anagni
Frosinone (FR) · Lazio
Vineyard area
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About six hectares at Anagni planted to the native Cesanese alongside Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, the Bordeaux grapes brought here in the 1940s
Appellations
Lazio IGTCesanese del Piglio o Piglio DOCG
History
Colacicchi's fame rests on 'Torre Ercolana', created at Anagni in the mid-1940s by Luigi Colacicchi — a composer and ethnomusicologist — who, unusually for Lazio, planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot alongside the local Cesanese; the estate was formally established in 1950.
After Colacicchi's death in 1976 the estate was acquired in 1984 by the Trimani family, Roman wine merchants since 1821, who renovated the vineyards and cellar. Across some six hectares it still makes the celebrated Torre Ercolana, one of central Italy's rare and long-lived reds, with production revitalised from 2014.
Wines
Illustrative selectionTorre Ercolana
A legendary, long-lived Anagni red blending native Cesanese with Bordeaux grapes.
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Grapes of these appellations
Who else makes these wines
- Lazio IGT45 others
- Cesanese del Piglio o Piglio DOCG17 others
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