The Esino (; ) is a
river
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in the
Marche
Marche ( ; ), in English sometimes referred to as the Marches ( ) from the Italian name of the region (Le Marche), is one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. The region is located in the Central Italy, central area of the country, ...
region of central
Italy
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.
Geography
The source of the river is east of
Monte Penna, in the
province of Macerata
The province of Macerata () is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province contains 55 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), listed in the ''comuni'' of the province of Macerata. Located between the rivers ...
, near the border with the
province of Ancona
The province of Ancona () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche.
To the north, the province ...
. The river flows east past
Esanatoglia and curves north by
Matelica
Matelica is a (municipality) of the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche. Located about southwest of Ancona and west of Macerata, it extends over an area of .
Geography
Matelica lies in an ample valley where the Braccano ...
before crossing the border into the province of Ancona near
Cerreto d'Esi. The river continues flowing north before curving northeast near
Genga. It then flows northeast near
Serra San Quirico,
Maiolati Spontini,
Castelplanio
Castelplanio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona.
Castelplanio borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Ostrense, Maiolati Spontini, Poggio San M ...
,
Castelbellino,
Jesi
Jesi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche.
It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left (north) bank of the Esino river, before its mouth on the Adria ...
,
Chiaravalle and
Montemarciano before flowing into the
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Se ...
near
Falconara Marittima.
Esino DOC
Since 1995, the area around the Esino has been permitted to produce red and white
Italian DOC wines. Grapes are limited to a
harvest
Harvesting is the process of collecting plants, animals, or fish (as well as fungi) as food, especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses fo ...
yield of 12 tonnes/ha with the finished wines requiring a minimum
alcohol level of 10.5%. Reds are a minimum 60% of
Montepulciano
Montepulciano () is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Siena in southern Tuscany. It sits high on a limestone ridge, east of Pienza, southeast of Siena, southeast of Florence, and north of Rome ...
and/or
Sangiovese
Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin , "blood of Jove, Jupiter".
Sangiovese Grosso, used for traditionally powerful and slow maturing red wines, is primarily grown in the central regions of Italy ...
, with other local
grape varieties
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see ''V ...
permitted to fill out of the rest. Whites are predominantly composed of
Verdicchio (50–100%), with other local varieties permitted to fill out the rest.
[P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pg 158 Firefly Books 2004. .]
See also
*
List of Italian DOC wines
References
Rivers of the Province of Macerata
Rivers of the Province of Ancona
Rivers of Italy
Adriatic Italian coast basins
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