C.da Ciafone, 98
63035 Offida (Ascoli Piceno)
Italy
The vineyards of the Aurora company are all located in the municipality of Offida, in the middle of the DOC areas of Falerio, Rosso Piceno Superiore and Offida Pecorino, about 180 m above sea level, in a basically clayey and calcareous soil. The red grapes are exposed to the south, south–east and north–west, too, in fresher soils. The company as a whole, and also the vineyards, are run with the techniques and reasons of Organic agriculture. Fertilization is made with the sowing and the green manure of various legumes, which provide nitrogen and humus to the soil, with the roots that, vegetating, keep the soil loose and airy. The pesticide treatments are conceived as an aid to the natural defense of the plants and are made with limited doses of copper salts, sulfur and natural enemies of insect pests. Grapes, in their full ripeness, are harvested by hand and immediately pressed softly and then fermented. The maturation of wine takes place mainly in barrels and barriques of oak and the bottling is done in the company.
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