Arcus vinetum

arcus vinetum viticulture

2-09 Comptine d'un autre été _ L'apr.m4a

Supreme invention of the ancient Romans (Arcus, the arch) finds a new use in our unique grape growing technique. At Villa Mari, we set our goal very high: to produce absolutely the best red wines. Our vineyard is located at the same latitude as the world’s finest grape producing regions in Italy. With the positions of the sun the same, we simply needed to duplicate Italy’s warmer climate.

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Our solution was to produce Villa Mari's Arcus Vinetum wines from grapes grown under the shelter of arches with solar heat-capturing canopies.See the effect on grape development by rolling your cursor over the photograph to the left. Both were taken on the same day, one of grapes under the canopy, the secondnot.

With up to six weeks extra growing time, our grapes become wonderfully mature and complex. And the wine? Absolutely the best! Enjoy!