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Tenuta Castelbuono Wine
In 2001, fascinated by the
ancient and almost mystical
Region of Umbria and by a
wine of extraordinary power
and longevity like
Sagrantino, the Lunelli family
purchased Tenuta
Castelbuono, an estate with
30 hectares of vineyards in
the communes of Bevagna
and Montefalco. Their efforts
were initially concentrated on
the vineyards, which have
now been converted to
organic methods. They
planted new vines and
improved the quality of the
existing ones by means of a
widespread clonal selection
project. The Montefalco
Sagrantino was launched in
2003, followed the year after
by the Montefalco Rosso.
There was a need, though,
for a new winery and the
Lunelli family, thanks to their
firm, long-held friendship
with Arnaldo Pomodoro, one
of the great contemporary
artists, suggested that it
should be he who designed
it. The Maestro
enthusiastically accepted
and, after an initial survey of
the area, he already had a
project in mind.
The “Carapace” – as
Pomodoro decided to call his
winery – required no less
than six years’ building work
and it was inaugurated and
opened to the public – for
visits and tastings – in June
2012. It is a unique work of
art that calls into question
the boundaries between
sculpture and architecture. It
is the first sculpture in the
world in which people can
live and work, a unique work
in which art and nature,
sculpture and wine
intermingle, underlining the
exceptional nature of both
the containing structure and
of its contents. It offers itself
to one’s gaze as a large
copper-covered dome,
engraved with fissures that
remind one of the furrows in
the earth that surrounds it. A
sculpted element in the form
of a red dart plunging into
the soil highlights the work’s
place in the landscape.
Entering the “Carapace”
means penetrating into one
of Pomodoro’s sculptures,
and one is aware right away
of his artistic alphabet, which
is immediately recognizable
in the internal vault. This is a
distinctive, special winery for
distinctive, special wines. |
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