Il Vinco
Il Vinco is the story of a friendship, a passion, and a touch of recklessness that binds three young men all from the agricultural world: Daniele Manoni and Nicola Brenciaglia, olive oil producers, and Marco Fucini, a beef cattle breeder. In 2014, they decided to create a winery aimed at recovering and enhancing the native varieties of the high Tuscia area of Lazio, starting by renting abandoned plots from the local elders. The name they chose refers to the willow branch used in the past for tying plants and testifies to their strong commitment to becoming part of the protagonists of the territorial renewal movement. Their meeting with winemaker Andrea Occhipinti, the champion of Aleatico who supervises their work, soon drives them to embrace a completely biodynamic agriculture and winemaking free from chemicals and invasive operations.
Il Vinco is a young independent expression of the territory around Lake Bolsena, the body of water in the heart of Italy that marks the connection and at the same time the bond between Lazio and Umbria. Spanning an area of about 3 hectares, the property is divided into two main plots, between the Viterbo municipalities of Montefiascone, Marta, and Capodimonte, but a project for new plantings is imminent. The soils are characterized by clay and sand, over a ground characterized by the same volcanic matrix that gave rise to the lake basin, spread at altitudes ranging from 250 to 450 meters above sea level. They are populated by typical local grapes: Canaiolo Nero, Rossetto, Procanico, Malvasia Lunga, some from vines that boast significant ages and are on their own roots. The rows are south-facing and benefit from the constant breeze blowing from the lake.
In the cellar of Il Vinco, very simple winemaking operations are carried out, trying to intervene as little as possible in natural processes. The fermentations are spontaneous, entrusted solely to indigenous yeasts, without temperature control and using tanks made of steel or cement and more recently also fiberglass. The aging takes place in the same containers, but there is also
Il Vinco is the story of a friendship, a passion, and a touch of recklessness that binds three young men all from the agricultural world: Daniele Manoni and Nicola Brenciaglia, olive oil producers, and Marco Fucini, a beef cattle breeder. In 2014, they decided to create a winery aimed at recovering and enhancing the native varieties of the high Tuscia area of Lazio, starting by renting abandoned plots from the local elders. The name they chose refers to the willow branch used in the past for tying plants and testifies to their strong commitment to becoming part of the protagonists of the territorial renewal movement. Their meeting with winemaker Andrea Occhipinti, the champion of Aleatico who supervises their work, soon drives them to embrace a completely biodynamic agriculture and winemaking free from chemicals and invasive operations.
Il Vinco is a young independent expression of the territory around Lake Bolsena, the body of water in the heart of Italy that marks the connection and at the same time the bond between Lazio and Umbria. Spanning an area of about 3 hectares, the property is divided into two main plots, between the Viterbo municipalities of Montefiascone, Marta, and Capodimonte, but a project for new plantings is imminent. The soils are characterized by clay and sand, over a ground characterized by the same volcanic matrix that gave rise to the lake basin, spread at altitudes ranging from 250 to 450 meters above sea level. They are populated by typical local grapes: Canaiolo Nero, Rossetto, Procanico, Malvasia Lunga, some from vines that boast significant ages and are on their own roots. The rows are south-facing and benefit from the constant breeze blowing from the lake.
In the cellar of Il Vinco, very simple winemaking operations are carried out, trying to intervene as little as possible in natural processes. The fermentations are spontaneous, entrusted solely to indigenous yeasts, without temperature control and using tanks made of steel or cement and more recently also fiberglass. The aging takes place in the same containers, but there is also
