Cantine Majolini

The Majolini Winery rises in the district of Ome, in the heart of Franciacorta.

Ome, a beautiful ancient town, distinguishes itself for its particular geology. This area is in fact constituted of stratification of “medolo”, a very pure white limestone, able to donate minerality and structure to the Franciacorta here produced. The town is moreover located in a protected creek, at the feet of Mount Brione (800 meters) and, surrounded by green hills, enjoys a unique microclimate within Franciacorta. Majolini’s vineyards draw the remaining from the particular terroir and offer to its wines recognized excellence.

However, speaking about the terroir does not exclusively describe the fertile vocation of an area, but also telling about its community, the bond between the soil and its people, the work, the experience, and the know-how that brought to the realization of an extraordinary, unique, and inimitable enological product. The Majolini family has always belonged to its land. History witnesses its presence in Ome starting from the XV century. Even the etymology of its last name curiosly ties this family to the vine.

The roots that tie the Majolini Family to its land are deep and start from far away – Ezio Maiolini explains – We must go back to the XVth century, when our family arrives in Ome, establishing itself. The tie with viticulture is born almost immediately and already our last name, borrowed right from an autoctonous grape variety, the one of Majolina, is the witness of this adventure.

The tie with our land has brought us great satisfactions! Especially to our father Valentino from whom we have inherited the passion and the love from wine production. It is him who decided, around the end of the 60’s, to renovate the old family winery and to start the cultivation of Ruc di Gnoc, a magnificent high hilled vineyard that still today produces the same named wine.

No wonder, then, if me and my brothers have enforced our roots, developing even more the project started by our father. The definitive turnaround took place with the acquisition, at the beginning of the 90’s, of the wonderful area called Campèi. In 1995 the buildings of the new winery started, a reality of 4.000 covered meters, situated in a dominant uncomparable valley.

Telling about the development of a winery means giving a great importance to research. The ones who produce a wine of excellence, cannot and do not want to think of development in terms of number, but in terms of quality. From 1981 to today our main goal has been to increment the potential of our vineyards, protect and increment the value of the territory, and optimize the productive procedures in the strict respect of the wine tradition.