Gobbio Botticino Doc

Gobbio is the name of a hill in the centre of the Botticino amphitheatre of hills, about 400 metres above sea level. Unlike on the other hills, the famous “Botticino Classico” marble is not quarried here, since the stone crumbles making it unusable. The distinctive, unique terrain is rich in marl (limestone and clay), calcium carbonate, silt and sand. It is central to the personality of this wine, which is made from Barbera (35%), Sangiovese (35%), Marzemino (20%) and Schiava Gentile (10%) grapes. A small proportion of the vineyard, which clings to the hill of the same name is made up of 20-year-old vines trained on the spurred cordon system, but it mainly comprises ancient vines more than a century old, trained on the traditional Brescia “pergola” system and adapted to modern needs by short pruning. ceive day-long sunshine.