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Roberto Anselmi is the pioneering force behind what is widely regarded as one of Italy’s leading white wine producers. After taking over management of his family’s sizeable winery in the Veneto’s Soave district over two decades ago, Anselmi felt an emotional as well as professional commitment to tapping the unrealized potential of the wine he grew up with. For Anselmi, this meant parting ways with many of the traditional viticultural and winemaking practices that have historically defined the Soave district. He transformed his once-large family winery into a limited-production boutique producer, re-examining every detail in the winemaking process. Radical changes implemented include the purchase of hilltop vineyard plots, conversion from customary pergola training to densely-planted horizontal spurred cordons (resulting in major yield reduction), scrupulous clonal selection, minimal irrigation and the judicious use of oak in the vinification process.

In order to have unmitigated authority over his winemaking practices, Anselmi chooses to label his wines as Veneto IGT rather than working within the boundaries of the Soave DOC. A direct result of his uncompromising dedication to superior quality, Anselmi’s highly sought-after wines are an established benchmark against which many Italian white wines are judged today.

Production Area
Grapes are harvested from vineyards in the Monteforte (Zoppega hill) and Soave (Foscarino hill) districts of northern Italy’s Veneto region. The vines are trained in a horizontal spurred cordon system in volcanic tuff in some areas and limestone in others.

Grape Varieties
100% Garganega

Vinification
Select grape bunches are manually harvested and left to dry on mats in well-aired rooms for approximately three months, by which point they are affected by botrytis. The highly concentrated must is extracted via soft pneumatic pressing and undergoes fermentation in French Allier barriques. Following fermentation, the wine is decanted twice and returned to the same barriques, where it matures for eight months. Once bottled, I Capitelli rests in bottle for one year before release.

Color
Rich, deep gold with amber hues

Bouquet
Ripe, concentrated aromas of white peach, sweet apricot and honey

Taste
Full-bodied, complex and luscious, with mouth-filling ripe fruit flavors followed by lingering notes of honey and maple

Alcohol
12.5%

Serving Suggestions
This sweet wine makes a divine partner for lobster, foie gras, blue cheeses, pastries and fresh fruit.