A doctor, Ezio Maria Nicodemi, wanted to recover and enhance a vine of his own age, 40 years, planted by his father Dario on a plot of land received by his grandfather Ezio. In 2003 the first daughter of Ezio Maria (Chiara) was born and the first wine Nerodichiara and the first raisin wine Brumauero were created. The awareness that it was the beginning of a real business brought to move with great respect and attention in a world, that of wine, which is culture before commerce. The challenge was and will be that of obtaining products of high quality from the cultivation of the Montepulciano grape variety cultived in canopy management, the classic trellis of Abruzzo on a clayey soil whose slope and sun exposure make it suitable for a production of high potential.
The county is localized in the sub–area of the hills of Teramo, on lands situated south–east at an height of 320 meters above sea level, about 20 km from the mountains of Gran Sasso and 8 km from the Adriatic Sea and 2 km from the river Tordino. The farming system in Abruzzo trellis covers 5 hectares. The 140 Ruggeri graft–holder is used. This combination allowed to obtain a higher quality result thanks to the shelter of grapes from the direct sun, with exposure to south south–east of the Vineyard, and the best exposure, the so–called expansion of the leaf system, that favors a greater accumulation of sugars.
The beginning of the enterprise was entrusted to the severe Federico Curtaz, an internationally renowned agronomist, who is leading the optimization of the management of the lands and the classic grape variety of Montepulciano. The principal wines of the county have been designed by the most appreciated Winemaker of the moment Walter de Batt: Nerodichiara is a DOC wine created with Montepulciano grapes in single–variety and Brumaureo is a raisin wine of Montepulciano in single–variety, the real regional novelty. From about 5 hectares of Vineyard, we can produce up to 40,000 bottles per year.
