{"id":792,"date":"2019-12-13T14:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T13:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenutagacci.com\/terra-dorigine\/"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:42:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:42:21","slug":"motherland-valmarecchia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tenutagacci.com\/en\/motherland-valmarecchia\/","title":{"rendered":"Motherland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VALMARECCHIA…MENTIONED BY DANTE, PAINTED BY LEONARDO<\/h1>\n

The environment<\/h4>\n

The Marecchia Valley is wild and untouched. Its enormous river bed, once navigable, is surrounded by extraordinary hills topped by ancient fortresses including Verucchio, Saiano, Torriana, Montebello, Pietracuta and San Leo. The sandstone spurs stand out abruptly on the horizon, finding stability on the clays formerly lapped by the sea.<\/p>\n

Towers, castles, small country churches built on the remains of ancient buildings from the Villanovan and Etruscan periods, testify the rich historical heritage of this corner of the Valmarecchia. The roads mark the territory tracing millenary paths in the shade of acacias and oaks.<\/p>\n

Gacci is placed at the center of this scenery at a height between 150 and 300 meters above sea level. It is a WWF Oasis, only 100 in all Italy, located on the border of the Estate.<\/p>\n

Today, as then, the 9.3 hectares of vineyard is surrounded by woods and non-tilled fields covering around 40 hectares.
\nSeveral animal species live here such as the kestrel, the owl, the partridge, the woodpecker, the robin, the wild boar, the roe deer, the hare, the badger, the porcupine, the fox and the bees. In fact several beehives have been placed at the boundaries of the vineyard.
\nIn addition 500 historic olive trees are safeguarded and cultivated, producing biologic olive oil known as “Valmarecchia Gold”.
\nAll framed by spontaneous flora made of bushes and shrubs of broom, rosehip, hazel, pomegranate and ancient oaks.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text el_class=”grey-block”]<\/p>\n

An extraordinary natural ecosystem contributes to the cultivation of the vineyard enriching every single grape.<\/p>\n

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The soils<\/h4>\n

The conformation is of deep and well-drained soils while the slopes range from 10% to 25%.<\/p>\n

The Estate consists of a very particular mosaic of soils.<\/p>\n

The vines area is mainly composed by:<\/p>\n