Presentation Colonnara

COLONNARA s.c.a. ,Via Mandriole 6, 60034 CUPRAMONTANA (AN)

tel. +390731780273 e-mail: [email protected] - www.colonnara.it

Our history

This is the story of a heart-felt passion for vine cultivation. This isthe result of the constant daily effort and dedication of peoplewho have firmly believed in their work for over 50 years. Thanksto the initiative of 19 farmers, Colonnara was founded inCupramontana in 1959. The ideal microclimate of the sweet hillsof the Marches region lead to the cultivation of Verdicchio,which has become the pride of this territory over the centuries.This company has grown over time. Today it hasover 100 associates and thanks to the use of innovativetechnology and the practice of environmentally friendly farming,it has managed to develop a production range that may besingled out among high quality wines, which are distributed overthe entire national and foreign territory. Colonnara has notforgotten its roots, its link to farming traditions. Around herethey say wine is made in the vineyard, it is only educated in thecellar and then “presented’ in the best possible way in thebottle.

Our mission

Noble wines are not produced by chance, they are alwaysthe result of a perfect combination of ideas and valuesthat identify the company’s mission:

· To make the most of the wines of our area and ourterritory, which are characterized by the peculiarities thatmake them unique;

· Costant research on the utmost quality of the wines,beginning from a harmonious integration of thecharacteristics of the territory and a series of rigorouschoices, such as the absolute respect for the naturalequilibrium during vine cultivation and the application oftraditional vinifcation systems as a guarantee of the 100%genuine nature of the product.

We believe in making a difference and are proud of the contribution we make to the wellbeing of the communities we serve. Our core values are:

Partnership - Includes respect, understanding and working together.We create and build value through partnerships and alliances, insideand outside the business. As a cooperative we believe together wecan achieve more.

Trust - The essence of the way we do business. We are trustedbecause we deliver on our promises.

Service - We hold ourselves to high standards of care and service, forour customers and our people.

Simplicity – We are proud of being lean and efficient, uncomplicated and easy to do business with.

Entrepreneurship - We are innovators, seeking new challenges and having a winning spirit.

Our values

Our territory

It is in the heart of this region, in the province of Ancona, inCupramontanta, that we find Colonnara, a company that has beeninterpreting and expressing the essence of this territory for over fortyyears. Situated in the hills of the Castelli di Jesi, where the “Verdicchio”wine has been cultivated in an ideal habitat for centuries now,producing a wine that is unobtainable elsewhere. The vine growing andwine producing tradition of Cupramontana is thousands of years old.The precious visual testimony of this is the cornucopia containingbunches of grapes which is held up by a winged putto, a fragment of abigger marble decoration dating back to Roman times, which oncedecorated the home of some patrician from the ancient Cupramontana.Benedictine monks taught the people again about agriculturalcultivation and in particular about the vine. Then the monks weredispersed but their “teaching” conquered growing spaces and the vinegrowing and wine producing sector progressively affirmed itsimportance making Cupramontana a land that “is full of vines thatproduce exquisite wines in abundance”

The Colonnara vineyards are situated in the oldest Verdicchio grapeproduction area.

The microclimate, which varies from area to area along with thedifferent altitudes of the vineyards, which range from 350 to 650metres above sea level, and the distinct composition of the soil, allrepresent aspects of the company patrimony, which are unrepeatablein any other zone.

It is thanks to this patrimony that Colonnara manages to producesparkling wines, fresh young wines and more full-bodied and noblewines for ageing from the autochthonous Verdicchio grape.

The Colonnara wines, the vineyards of which are situated on the righthand of the Esino River, are mostly influenced by the proximity of theApennines.

Colonnara wines are the result of a perfect blend of various differentelements: the territory, the microclimate and the workmanship. Itsfour ranges of wine: Nobili, Classici , Contemporanei and Autoctoni –represent the ideal “stages” in a “journey” towards pleasure.

The wines

Photo: Our first label

Photo: Our cellar

White wines

PORTONUOVO: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico

Verdicchio 100%

TUFICO: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico Superiore

Verdicchio 100%

LYRICUS: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico

Verdicchio 100%

ANFORA: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico

Verdicchio 100%

White wines

CUPRESE: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico Superiore

Verdicchio 100%

BIANCHELLO: Bianchello del MetauroBianchello 100%

PASSERINA: Offida DOC PasserinaPasserina 100%

PECORINO: Offida DOC PecorinoPecorino 100%

Red wines

LACRIMA: Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOCLacrima di Morro d’Alba 100%

LYRICUS: Rosso Piceno DOCSangiovese and Montepulciano

Refinement in steel tanks

NERO DEI DORI : Rosso Conero DOCMontepulciano 100%

TORNAMAGNO: Marche Rosso IGTSangiovese and MontepulcianoRefinement in French oak barrel

Sparkling wines

UBALDO ROSI:Brut classico method riservaVerdicchio 100%

MILLESIMATO: Brut classico method millesimatoVerdicchio 100%

BRUT RISERVA: Brut Martinotti methodVerdicchio 100%

Sparkling wines

COLONNARA BRUT : BrutMartinotti method

Verdicchio 100%

BERSO’: Fizzy wineVerdicchio and Trebbiano

COLONNARA CLASS: Sweet spumante Martinotti method

Verdicchio and Moscato

LACRIMA DOLCE: Sweet red spumante Martinotti method

Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 100%

Colonnara is an approved company withmanagement system for:Certificate CSQA N. 886 - Quality UNI EN ISO 9001:2000