| Azienda Agricola Gualdo del Re |
| Località Notri, 77 |
| 57028 Suvereto (Livorno), Italy |
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ENOLOGIST: Barbara Tamburini |
OWNER: Famiglia Rossi |
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The
Estate is situated in Suvereto, a small medieval
village inside the Leghorn province. It is just over 4 miles
away from the sea-side, opposite Isola d’Elba (Elba
Island), and the hills surrounding it look like an amphitheatre
in the marvellous Val di Conia (Conia Valley). |
| The perfect
geographical position, the closeness with the sea and the
woods’ summer freshness make of Suvereto an ideal
tourist destination. Azienda Agricola Gualdo
del Re has a total extension of about 40 hectares. |
| The vineyards
are located at half hill, about 100 mts over sea level,
on pebble, clayish, low fertility soils, that, together
with the brightness and the particular micro-climate, make
of Suvereto territory an ecological hollow with strong vocation
towards great structured wines. Vines are raised in the
traditional forms, Guyot and traditional cordon ramming
with very low bud rate per hectare. |
| Implants density
is about 6.500 plants per hectare. No irrigation practice
is carried out, although vines do suffer a light summer
drought. |
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| Concerning the origin of the peculiar name of the
Estate, it dates back to the Longobards age (German people
who conquered Italy: 568 - 774), when the whole of Val di
Cornia was submitted to Lucca’s Dukes and it belonged
to the Waldo or Gualdo del Re (the King’s Waldo). |
| The word Gualdo, originating from the German word Wald,
means an extension of a wooden territory, then it came to
indicate the marvellous site kept for the special use of
its Lord. |
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