# Falesco > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Falesco > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Falesco.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falesco > Source revision: 1281862278 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian wine company [42°39′07″N 12°14′32″E / 42.6520447°N 12.2421854°E / 42.6520447; 12.2421854](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Falesco¶ms=42.6520447_N_12.2421854_E_) **Falesco** is a [winery](/source/Winery) and [vineyard](/source/Vineyard) established in [Montefiascone](/source/Montefiascone), [Italy](/source/Italy) in 1979. It has been described as a "state-of-the-art winery"[1] and its [production facilities](/source/Production_(economics)) are now located in [Montecchio](/source/Montecchio). It's a family owned business, currently run by Riccardo Cotarella, his daughter Dominga, and his brother Renzo. Falesco contains 670 [acres](/source/Acre), 370 of which are vineyards. Annual production is almost 3 million bottles. The estate straddles the border of [Lazio](/source/Lazio) and [Umbria](/source/Umbria), about 50 miles (80.5 km) north of [Rome](/source/Rome).[2] ## Wines Falesco does not utilize heavily [planted](/source/Aquascaping), traditional Italian grape varieties such as [Canaiolo](/source/Canaiolo) and [Trebbiano](/source/Trebbiano) in its higher-quality wines. Although these varieties produce excellent yields, the winery maintains that the quality of the wines made from those varieties are not great.[3] Breaking with Italian tradition, "they planted the best clones of Merlot available" to produce a wine they call "Montiano". Wine writer [Lawrence Osborne](/source/Lawrence_Osborne) has called Montiano a "globally significant wine."[4] The winery also produces a distinctive local white wine called [Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone](/source/Est!_Est!!_Est!!!_di_Montefiascone). [5] This wine is made of "60 percent Trebbiano 30 percent Malvasia and 10 percent Roscetto",[6] and is considered a "generic Umbrian cheap white known around the world."[4] They sell a white wine made from the roscetto grape is called "Ferentano".[7] Another of their offerings is a wine called [Aleatico di Gradoli](/source/Aleatico).[4] Falesco has two product lines based on [terroir](/source/Terroir). The "Latium Line" comprises wines from Montefiascone in the [Viterbo](/source/Viterbo) province in Latium, and the "Umbria line" comprises wines produced in the [Montecchio](/source/Montecchio) and [Orvieto](/source/Orvieto) area. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Parker1_1-0)** [Parker, Robert M.](/source/Robert_M._Parker) (2005). [*The world's greatest wine estates: a modern perspective*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AGwgZlnEcS0C&dq=%22Falesco%22&pg=PT1189). Simon and Schuster. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7432-3771-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-3771-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Falesco, "Vitiano," Lazio, 2001"](http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F700F412B036A7F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM). *[The Washington Times](/source/The_Washington_Times)*. [Washington, DC](/source/Washington%2C_DC). October 30, 2002. Retrieved March 5, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hyland, Tom (August 29, 2001). ["High-flying winemaker retools Italian traditions"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110629050740/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/78980137.html?dids=78980137:78980137&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+29,+2001&author=Tom+Hyland+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=High-flying+winemaker+retools+Italian+traditions&pqatl=google). *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*. [Chicago](/source/Chicago). Archived from [the original](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/78980137.html?dids=78980137:78980137&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+29%2C+2001&author=Tom+Hyland+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=High-flying+winemaker+retools+Italian+traditions&pqatl=google) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2011. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Osborne_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Osborne_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Osborne_4-2) [Osborne, Lawrence](/source/Lawrence_Osborne) (2005). [*The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World*](https://books.google.com/books?id=v8Lr1Am6OtYC&dq=%22Est%21+Est%21%21+Est%21%21%21%22+Falesco&pg=PA240). Macmillan. pp. 240–242. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-86547-712-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86547-712-4). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Maureen, Fant (December 28, 1997). ["CHOICE TABLES; North of Rome, Natural Delights"](https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20917FF3E5A0C7B8EDDAB0994DF494D81). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [New York](/source/New_York_City). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Werne, Tiffany (August 5, 2005). ["Rebel, Rebel"](http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/rebel-rebel/Content?oid=1122265). *[Memphis Flyer](/source/Memphis_Flyer)*. [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis%2C_Tennessee). Retrieved March 9, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Ramirez, Lisa (August 5, 2007). ["Tastings: The 'other' Italian whites"](http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070805/LIFE/708050305). *[Times Herald-Record](/source/Times_Herald-Record)*. [Middletown, New York](/source/Middletown%2C_Orange_County%2C_New_York). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Falesco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falesco) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falesco?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.