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And, the red table wine is such a great value. The reserve white is so nice with fish and seafood. The Grecchetto is so nice in summer, served super cold. A rich agricultural area famous for olive oil, grains and black truffles. I hope you met Fabiowhat an incredibly nice man. The Sportoletti brothers also own 3,000 olive trees on land that is 1,600 feet in altitude, on the slope of the Monte Subasio. Umbria is a relatively small region tucked up against the eastern edge of Tuscany and the Marche’s western border. Attualmente cinque sono i vini prodotti: Assisi Rosso DOP, Assisi Grechetto DOP, Villa Fidelia Bianco IGP, Villa Fidelia Rosso IGP e Villa Fidelia Passito IGP. Nel 1979, nascono le prime mille bottiglie con etichetta propria. In the last few years the prominent enologist Riccardo Cotarella has consulted with the winery. La famiglia Sportoletti, da generazioni in agricoltura, si è sempre dedicata con passione anche alla produzione di vino. Sportoletti Assisi Villa Fidelia Rosso DOC, 2002 1,288. Vinification is carried out in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and the best reds are refined in French oak. Despite a balmy spring and baking June and July, much of Europe suffered from a late-summer washout. The same care is taken in the cellar where the vinification takes place utilizing an air press for a soft pressing. The 2006 vintage was good across the globe but there was only a handful of regions that truly excelled. The vines are followed very attentively up to their harvest, when the grapes are handpicked. Recently, Sportoletti went through a process of renewing the vines with new grape clones of Grechetto and Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Nero which is showing very promising results in Italian Oenology. Today the company owns 50 acres of vines all situated in the hills of Assisi and Spello, an area highly regarded for its climate and for its association with the Denominazione di Origine Controllata of Assisi. In 1979 Sportoletti decided to start producing fine wines of high quality, with the philosophy of respecting the characteristics typical of the hilly area of central Umbria. Sportoletti is a family owned agricultural business which for several generations has relied primarily on revenue from farming.