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Argillae

Allerona · Terni (TR)
← Umbria
Established
Bonollo family
Yearly production
Location
Allerona
Terni (TR) · Umbria
Vineyard area
About 15 hectares of vineyard within a 120-hectare estate on clay-sand calanchi soils between Allerona and Ficulle, north of Orvieto, farmed organically; Grechetto, Procanico, Verdello and Drupeggio

Appellations

Orvieto DOCUmbria IGT

History

The Bonollo family, distillers since the early 1900s, planted Argillae on the eroded clay hills north of Orvieto in the mid-1980s.

Now led by Giulia Di Cosimo and farmed organically, it makes the Orvieto and Umbria whites from native grapes on the calanchi soils.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Orvieto
Orvieto DOC · Grechetto, Procanico
White of the clay calanchi north of Orvieto.
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