Marco Carpineti farms organic vines on the southwest slopes of the Monti Lepini above Cori, an hour south of Rome. The estate works native Lazio grapes such as Bellone and Nero Buono di Cori, turning them into still wines, traditional-method sparkling, and a passito.
Lazio
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<p>Guided walk through the cellar followed by a tasting flight covering the estate's organic Lazio range, from the Bellone whites of Collesanti and Capolemole to the Nero Buono and Cesanese reds.</p>
Book this experience<p>The Etere Classic visit extended with a seated light lunch in the vineyard, paired across a wider tasting flight that includes the Kius traditional-method sparkling family.</p>
Book this experience<p>Signature experience that opens with a horseback ride through the organic vineyards on the slopes of the Monti Lepini, followed by a guided cellar tour and a structured tasting back at the estate.</p>
Book this experience<p>Guided walk through the cellar followed by a tasting flight covering the estate's organic Lazio range, from the Bellone whites of Collesanti and Capolemole to the Nero Buono and Cesanese reds.</p>
Book this experienceThe estate has been in the Carpineti family for generations of small-scale farming. Marco Carpineti, the sole heir, returned to the land in 1986 with the aim of changing the production philosophy and bottling under the family name. What had been a mixed-crop holding became a focused wine and olive estate, with Marco still at its head today.
Conversion to organic farming began in 1994. After the required three-year transition the estate was certified by Suolo e Salute (corporate code IT ASS 2368) in 1997, and has worked to that standard ever since. No herbicides, no synthetic fertilisers, no synthetic chemistry. Across most parcels the soil is not tilled at all: spontaneous grasses are managed through repeated mowings, which protects the volcanic structure and keeps the vineyards alive with cover.
The property covers about 21 hectares (52.5 acres), of which roughly 16.5 hectares are vineyard and 4.5 hectares olive grove. Plots sit between 200 and 450 metres above sea level on the southwest face of the Lepini, with cool summers and mild winters. The lower vineyards run on volcanic tuff, while the higher hills carry a calcareous skeleton, and the named parcels at Capo Le Mole (Tufaliccio, Collesanti, Colle Paolino, Vignale della Selva, Costa Filippani, Casa Vecchia) supply most of the grand-vin lots. A separate steep parcel at Pezze di Ninfa contributes a distinctive wind-cooled fruit.
The grape mix is deliberately, almost stubbornly local. White: Bellone, the rare Bellone biotype Arciprete Bianco, and the near-extinct local Greco varieties known as Moro and Giallo. Red: Nero Buono di Cori, the historic black grape of the Cori DOC, alongside Cesanese and a small share of Montepulciano. Marco Carpineti has been one of the few producers to keep these varieties alive at scale and to take them seriously enough to bottle them as single-grape cuvees.
Across the range, that local commitment shapes the wines: Collesanti is a Bellone-led white from the Cori DOC; Capolemole bottles a Bellone Bianco and a Nero Buono / Montepulciano Rosso under Lazio IGT; Apolide and Dithyrambus push the reds further; Tufaliccio is the everyday Lazio red. The signature is Kius, a traditional-method sparkling family with a Brut Bianco from Bellone and an Extra Brut and Pas Dosé built on Nero Buono di Cori, with Ludum the late-harvest Bellone passito to close the meal.
Visitor experiences run year-round through the cellar at Cori. Tastings range from a quick four-label flight to a guided cellar tour with a light lunch in the vineyard. Signature add-ons include a horseback ride through the vines (Terra), a labyrinth-of-vines walk (Limito), and yoga sessions with a tasting (Otium). The cellar is on the SP Velletri-Anzio just north of Cori centre, about 67 km south of Rome and an easy drive from Rome Ciampino, Latina, or the Pontine plain.
Editorially verified by ItalianWines.co.uk.
Plate I · LAZIO
Est. 1986 
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