The Le Chiusure Farm is located in Portese, a small village close to San Felice del Benaco, only a few hundred meters from the shore of Lake Garda.
Within a radius of one kilometer you will find the old country house in which we live, the cellar and all the vineyards (approximately four hectares) and olive groves (two hectares) in the three parts of our estate: the Brolo, enclosed by an old stone wall, the Campei, in the countryside of Portese, and the Roseti, overlooking the Salò bay.

Our vineyards.
All the vineyards have been planted in the past fifteen years, bringing the rows closer each time in order to reduce the yield per plant. In 1992 our plantation system was of 4,500 plants per hectare; in 1995/96 we increased to 5,300 plants per hectare and by the year 2000 our vineyards varied between 6,000 and 6,800 plants per hectare depending on the grape variety. The presence of anti-hail nets on all the farm's vineyards, positioned vertically to protect the western side of the rows, has not allowed us to have less than 2.25 meters between the rows, so we have obtained a greater density by distancing the plants in each row by 0.65 meters.
Our aim is to produce around 7,000-8,000 kilograms of grapes per hectare. Each plant thus carries slightly less than 2 kilos on the 1992 vines, 1.5 kilos on the 1995/96 vines and 1-1.2 kilos on the more recent vines.
The vine-growing system is the classic guyot, which is preferred for the better positioning of the grapes in the space. However on a few varieties we are testing the cordone speronato growing method.

The Campei vineyard and Garda island

The varieties.
Le Chiusure grows 6 different varieties of red grapes.

1. Groppello (32% of the vines). A local variety which is at the base of two of our wines, Groppello and Chiaretto.
2. Barbera (22% of the vines). This variety is present in different percentages in all the company wines for its contribution to acidity.
3. Rebo (20% of the vines). This variety was developed in Trentino in the 1950s during a project aimed at improving local grapes using the great French varieties. It is not well known but holds great potential for the future and is present in the composition of the Malborghetto.
4. Sangiovese (11% of the vines). This variety, together with Barbera, is at the base of the Campei.
5. Merlot (10% of the vines). One of the two great Bordeaux varieties for the cuvee at the base of the Malborghetto.
6. Marzemino (5% of the vines).

The olive grove.
In the farm's three fields - Brolo, Campei and Roseti - we grow 650 olive trees. Approximately 150 are older than 40 years and raised according to the traditional multiple branch system. The remaining 500 have been planted in the past 12 years and are grown in narrow rows according to modern olive-growing theory.
We grow the following varieties: Casaliva (30%), a local Lake Garda variety of the Frantoio family, Leccino (42%), Frantoio (23%) and Pendolino (5%), which are Tuscan varieties that have adapted well to the climate here on the lake.