With clay-limestone soil and temperatures moderated by the Adriatic, the terroir produces as good a Pinot as you will find outside the top crus of Burgundy, as well as fascinating white Pinot Noir and some superb wines from Italian grape varieties: the well-known Sangiovese plus the far more obscure local varieties Albanella and Ancellotta.

Fattoria Mancini is a family-owned winery, established in 1861. The vineyards are located in the Natural Park of Mount San Bartolo, at the very north of the Marche Region. The cool microclimate of this stretch of north-orientated coast and the calcareous sandstone soil allows the production of long-lived wines with a great balance between structure, depth, freshness, and elegance. The principal grape variety is Pinot Noir, introduced into this area at the start of the nineteenth century by the Napoleonic administration. Other grape varieties cultivated are Sangiovese, Albanella, and Ancellotta.