The history of "Poderi Dal Nespoli" begins at
the end of the Great World War when the Ravaioli brothers, in
the whereabouts of Cusercoli, opened up an in , with lodging accomodations,
and where they sold their wine production. Business started and
went on quite well from the very beginning; this was both due
to the closeness to one of the most important valley's market,
than to the fast growing of wine request even beyond the river
Bidente's limit. Business continued to flourish up until 1987
when Valerio and Fabio Ravaioli, together with Gianni Romanini
decided to give business a whipping change, founding at Nespoli
(a village near Civitella di Romagna) the wine producing firm
"Poderi Dal Nespoli": they created it on the remains
of a Master's Villa built at the beginning of 1900. What they
had in mind was to offer to their clients a line of superior quality
wines only, strictly connected with this area, which is considered
one of the most typical and prestigious for Romagna's wine-making.
This of course was a very ambitious project, but it didn't stop
the three partners, well aware of the potential they had at their
disposal.
The perfect orientation of the farm laid just half way (50 km)
between the Apennins and the Sea, could easily benefit of a few
different factors. First of all, the growing angle of the slopes
facing the sun, lights up more brightly the grapes rows; during
the day, therefore, the temperature gets higher to lower sensibly
during the night, when it is always fresh. This a fundamental
process, and the movement of the river Bidente flowing close,
"always watching, without ever touching the vineyards",
incomparably helps to make it possibile. Such a thermal excursion
advantages all the production and it is basic to keep the bouquet
and the right degree of wine's acidity.
Furthermore the farm is distributed over two valleys - Nespoli
and Predappio, being characterised by muddy ground (more malleable)
at the West, and by clayey ground (more consistent) at the East;
such a peculiarity allows to offer some products somehow different.
Moreover, the underground enriched with gravel, carries out a
further activity of thermal regulation, releasing during winter
time all the heat accumulated during the summer. The favourable
location, finally, far away from urban centres of great dimensions,
guarantees an almost total lack of atmospheric pollution, reinforced
by a moderate use, and exclusively with preventive purposes, of
any kind of chemical treatment.
