Profilo Aziendale
The Winery
Terre Contese Winery was founded in 2005, driven by a strong desire to produce wines of high quality and strong personality, able to express the genuine and authentic character of each grape of origin, through the most up to date production techniques.
The vineyards and the estate are located on hilly soil, close to the Apennines, in the town of Terra del Sole (“Land of the Sun”), in one of the most well known, important and ancient areas of central Italy, the so called “Romagna Fiorentina”. This land spreads over a large area of the Forlì-Cesena Province and extends towards South West along the Montone river and its valley.
The rich composition of the soil, together with diverse microclimates, allow the production of high quality wines with specific characteristics.
At the moment, Terre Contese Winery has at its disposition a total area of 13 ha,4 of them dedicated to the vineyards.
The place, the history, the philosophy
These lands were always a way through and transit, a place strongly contended for their strategic importance. In fact, in 1564, “Cosimo of Medici the First”, Grand Duke of Tuscany, son of the soldier of fortune “Giovanni dalle Bande Nere”, decided to found a brand new fortress-town, called precisely “Terra del Sole”, a military outpost at the furthermost limit between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Pontifical State, with duties of customs and control over the lands. The particular history of Terra del Sole, also called the “ideal city”, prototype of a Renaissance ideal of a “man-sized city”, inspired another project, likewise new. Creating a modern and young reality fully respectful of the environment and opposed to the prevalent attitude to the local wine making.
Terre Contese Winery is made up of people who love saying about themselves, always confronting with the fascinating and mysterious universe of the human soul. Wine is an ideal excuse, the spark that sets off a wide range of emotions and encourages the sharing with others of experiences and common values.
We entrust Dogana21 (Forli I.G.T. Rosso) and terrecontese (Sangiovese di Romagna D.O.C. Superiore) with this important task.
