Piccolo Podere del Ceppaiolo

At the foot of the hill that rises toward Assisi in Umbria, Danilo Marcucci and Riccardo Pennaforti tend one of the region's most ancient surviving vineyards. Their property, Piccolo Podere del Ceppaiolo, is tiny by any measure: 1.7 hectares in total, with the original white parcel comprising just four rows of vines trained on a double guyot system that predates modern viticulture in the area. The work here is driven not by ambition for scale but by a commitment to preserve what exists: the vines, the varieties, and the uninterrupted relationship between this specific soil and its fruit.

Marcucci and Pennaforti took on the Ceppaiolo vineyard as a preservation project, recognising that its combination of old vines, rare local varieties, and hands-off farming was increasingly rare in Umbria. The white parcel contains vines over 70 years old, trained on the historic palmetta system across two levels. A red wine parcel of under one hectare was added more recently, expanding the range with Umbrian native red varieties.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Piccolo Podere del Ceppaiolo producer profile.

Piccolo Podere del Ceppaiolo Ceppamatto 2015

Piccolo Podere del Ceppaiolo

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