Cantina Marco Merli

Our agricultural venture started in 2003, wished into being by my father, Enzo. In 2006 I decided to join the project and, thereafter, a complex labour of research and analysis began, focusing on the creation of a precise identity, in which the nature of time ends up playing an intriguing role. In the cellar we avoid anything that's superfluous and that doesn’t belong to the raw material: the grapes. Aware of escaping the world of rather conservative, immediate taste, we reinterpret and subvert the classical winemaking methods, by always honouring true craftsmanship. We cherish and value the good that’s been done in the past, in order to make it part of the legacy we leave for tomorrow. Through a careful examination of the most familiar flavours, we try to constantly transform wine’s classical language and direct it towards an identity that’s both more coherent and sleek. The future? Seems pretty inconclusive. By looking back, we’re actually projecting ourselves forward, in an infinite cycle of repetitions, only to find ourselves at the starting point, again and again. Maybe a little late, maybe a little early, but certainly a whole lot richer.