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VAT No. 02546350204
Via Mulino 1
46040 Solferino (MN)
Italy
©Rocca di Savio 2023
Who we are
Rocca di Savio is a young company, founded in Solferino in 2018.
We are located in the upper Mantua area, on the morainic hills of Lake Garda, in a landscape, historical and cultural context of international standing. Our hills, in fact, were the scene of the Italian Risorgimento and an inspiration for the birth of the Red Cross.
The idea was born thanks to the strong bond with our territory and the love for wine. A love that has its roots in a grandfather, who ran a small vineyard and handcrafted a wine he was proud of.
The name, Rocca di Savio, is a double tribute.
To Solferino, whose Spia d’Italia (known as the fortress) is its symbol.
To our grandfather, Vincenzo Savio, on whose land we have replanted the vineyards with solid cultural foundations.
These feelings led us to carry out research on the physical and geological conformation of our hills, and to adopt a sustainable strategy for our company.
Sustainability does not concern only the wine we produce, but extends to include every single stage of processing, from the vineyard, to the cellar, to the packaging.
What we believe in, we put into practice already among the vines, going against the logic of large-scale production, to preserve the nature, biodiversity, and landscape of our territory.
Our philosophy requires us to:
in the fields, to carry out the most delicate operations by hand to protect the health of the vine and the grape.
in the cellar, to demand the reduction of the use of chemicals.
Producing sustainable wine is not easy, it leads to continuous research with many sacrifices, but we believe that the result is worth it.
We are strongly convinced that IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DRINK IT and we will continue to do so.
Our wines
LOY
MANTO
The name and label are dedicated to Mina Loy, poet, artist, and feminist of the early 1900s who was able to chart a new prerogative for women: that of being free.
She was born in London on 12/27/1882, traveled through the old and new worlds, and in 1914 in Florence wrote the Feminist Manifesto. The writing lashes out against the subordinate position of women in society and remained unpublished until her death.
She was a fascinating, unstoppable, and controversial woman who lived her life chasing art, freedom, and her dreams.
Reading her means taking a journey through the artistic movements that marked the 1900s, the century with two faces. On one side, the great historical tragedies, and on the other, the great civil, economic, scientific, and social achievements.
The featured image is symbolically the female representation of Manto. The myth of the founding of Mantua finds its place in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in the 20th Canto of the Inferno, in which Dante himself and his Mantuan guide Virgil meet the soothsayers.
Pointing to one of these souls, Virgil describes the surroundings of the city, Lake Garda and the course of the Mincio which flows into the Po at Governolo, to affirm, referring to the legend of the soothsayer Manto:
“They built the city above those dead bones; and for her who first chose the place, Mantua they called it, with no other fate.”
(Dante Alighieri, Inferno XX, 90)
1859
RED NOISE
June 24, 1859:
This is the date of the Battle of Solferino and San Martino, one of the bloodiest of the nineteenth century.
We are in Lombardy, in the southern area of Lake Garda, in the heart of the amphitheater of the morainic hills.
It is in this wide, gentle yet arduous place that the fortuitous clash between the Italo-French and Austrian armies takes place. The conquest of the hill of the Rocca di Solferino, called the Spy of Italy, determines the victory of the second Italian war of independence.
The battlefield that day was a melting pot of peoples and different languages, divided by the color of their uniforms but united by destiny.
Amidst this anguish, the humanity and compassion of the local women shone, as they aided the wounded without discrimination of nationality, inspiring “the birth of the Red Cross.”
The label depicts a historic date with a soldier holding a sword in his right hand, no longer a symbol of war, but a tool to open a bottle of wine that becomes an allegory of sharing and humanity.
The name and the label are dedicated to speed, a myth cultivated in early 20th-century Italy and by Italian Futurism.
Futurism identifies speed with racing, movement, and machines.
Luigi Russolo, exponent of art, Futurist music, and signatory of the manifesto “The Art of Noises,” states: “Ancient life was all silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of machines, Noise was born.”
Noise “Vroom” like the roar of a speeding car.
Noise “Glu glu” like a wine that wants to be immediate in drinking.
Noise “Bla Bla” like a wine that is talked about.
Noise “Glup” like a wine that creates amazement with every sip.
FUTURA
Futura is not just a name, it is a manifesto.
This wine is born from the belief that true innovation does not destroy the past,
but completes it.Our label, with the female figure equipped with an Optical Visor,
symbolizes exactly this: the ability to see tradition not as a limit,
but as a starting point from which to project oneself forward.
The conceptual heart of Futura lies in its production method:
the sparkling Rosé refermented on the lees.
Where the Past, that is, the lees, is not a residue, but the energy that fuels the evolution of taste over time.
It is the memory of the wine.
Every sip is an invitation to connect the experience of the past with the boldness of the future.
When the bottle is shaken before serving (an optional but recommended ritual),
the particles of tradition mix with the present,
creating a unique sensory profile that recalls the mist of our Mantuan lands.
Futura: Where history is not over, but is the beginning of every sip.
WHO WE ARE
SOCIAL
CONTACT US
ADDRESS
Rocca di Savio
VAT 02546350204
Via Mulino 1
46040 Solferino (MN)
Italy
©Rocca di Savio 2023