Garofoli

Wine experts consider it a jewel among the wineries of the Marche: the tradition-rich and magnificently renovated Garofoli winery. After Antonio Garofoli had already produced and sold regional wines in 1871, his son continued his work, took over and expanded his father's activities and finally founded the Gioacchino Garofoli wine house in 1901 near Loreto, Italy's second most important place of pilgrimage after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. After the Second World War, Gioacchino's sons Franco and Dante transformed the business into a company that underwent considerable development from the 1950s onwards. Today, the winery is run by the brothers Carlo and Gianfranco Garofoli. While one is responsible for production as an oenologist, the other takes care of the economic matters. Gianfranco is also president of the consortium Istituto Marchigiano di Tutela Vini. In some areas, the management duo is supported by Beatrice, Gianluca and Caterina, already the fifth generation. Gianluca, for example, now travels all over the world to present the family's fine wines.

The Garofoli winery has become synonymous with top quality with reliable top products present in all important markets. The varied assortment of wines with strong personalities and stylistically precise wines consists of sparkling and sweet wines, but above all of wonderful Verdicchio variations. The majority of the moderately priced wines are made from the Verdicchio grape. The wines have been praised by the critics' guild for years and are produced in the winery in Serra de' Conti. The Montepulciano grape variety is also very important. The grapes are grown on the calcareous soils of the DOC Rosso Conero and processed in the estate in Castelfidardo, which is also the company's commercial and administrative centre. But Sangiovese, Malvasia, Trebbiano or Bianchello are also components of the vine portfolio.

The grapes of the Garofoli family business, located within sight of the Adriatic Sea, are harvested from four of the company's own vineyards, but also purchased from contracted winegrowers who have been supplying raw materials for years. To preserve and develop the primary and secondary aromas, the white wines are stored in underground tanks or in cooled stainless steel containers. The red wines are aged in 30 to 40 hectolitre Slavonian barrels or in 225 litre French oak barriques. For the production of the Charmat method sparklers and the sparkling wines, stainless steel tanks with temperature control are used, which allow for a longer secondary fermentation and thus sparkling drops of pronounced fineness. SUPERIORE.DE

"Carlo and Gianfranco Garofoli's strength lies in a complete range of top wines that express the best regional characteristics with multiple labels. Together they have taken their winery to the highest level in its history." Gambero Rosso