Bianchello del Metauro

Bianchello del Metauro

Bianchello del Metauro is one of the most traditional white wines produced in the Marche region. The first part of the name comes from Bianchello (lub Biancame albo Biancuccio), white grapevines from the Marche region, a clone of the Greco variety and in some respects reminiscent of the Tuscan Variety Trebbiano. The second part of the name derives from Metauro, one of the main rivers of the region, along which the vineyards are located, where the Bianchello variety is grown.

Metauro (in ancient Metaurus) is a historical river, over which a key battle for the fate of Rome during the Second Punic War took place. In battle, thanks to which it was possible to stop the march of the Carthaginians towards Rome, Bianchello was to play an important role, which next to Verdichio (other wines from the Marche region) it is attributed to saving the city from the invaders' troops led by Hasdrubal, Hannibal's younger brother. In the famous Battle of Metaurus, Hasdrubal was killed, defeated by the Roman army, which was to have an easier task in the face of too much white wine drunk by the enemy.

Wars and romances are an inseparable part of Bianchello's story. A famous and somewhat controversial figure in the history of Italian oenology, Health Lancerio, administrator of the papal cellars during the pontificate of Paul III, the influential and best informed author of publications on wine and its production in sixteenth-century Italy describes Fano as a city of "good wine and beautiful women". This information, Michela Montaigne was later denied on the issue of female beauty, who in his travel diary in Italy praises "bread, wine and fish', and with regard to women, he speaks as follows:: "about every, which I met I can only say, that she did not sin with beauty.”

Also Andrea Bacci, personal physician of Pope Sixtus V and professor of botany at the University of Rome, mentions wines in its history ,issued in 1596 year, "excellent" wines from Fano, 'particularly species obtained from clusters of Malvasie and Trebulane varieties. The wines from the Pesaro area also deserve attention, jak Colle Imperiale … all exported to Venice in large quantities “. In this case, Bianchello had to share the glory with Sangiovese dei Colli Pesaresi.

With the passage of time, the wine gained more and more reputation, becoming known and sought after also away from the Marche hills. It is therefore not surprising that, that after the establishment of the DOC appeal in 1969 year , Bianchello almost immediately joined the wines, who have the honor of using it.

Consorzio Tutela Vino Bianchello del Metauro

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