Tenuta i Gelsi
Tenuta i Gelsi was founded in 2003 to enhance the family's viticultural heritage in what is one of the most evocative corners of Basilicata for naturalistic and landscape beauty. It takes its name from the centuries-old "Mulberry" trees that line the driveway to the estate, planted for the harvest of fruits but above all for the leaves used to feed the silkworm raised in the sixties on the same estate.
We are in Rionero in Vulture in the province of Potenza, in the Monticchio Bagni hamlet, a stone's throw from the famous lakes of volcanic origin and from the sources where some of the most appreciated mineral and low-mineral waters of the Bel Paese originate. It is the slope of the Vulture overlooking the Ofanto Valley at an altitude of about 450 meters, where the alkaline (sodiopotassium) pleistocene volcanic deposits consisting of easily alterable pyroclasticites and lavas, have originated dark colluvial deposits mixed with pre-existing sedimentary clayey sandy soils.
Here Ruggiero Potito, assisted by his family, firmly believed in the ability of his land to give priceless fruits. The vineyard, which has always been the undisputed protagonist of these lands, has been his passion since adolescence, giving life to a company whose main purpose is to give the right value to this great and ancient viticulture. "We see each other a lot in our most important grape variety, Aglianico del Vulture, introverted, surly, surly but also capable of great sweetness and delicacy with the passage of time". With these words Ruggiero Potito describes the relationship he has with his history and the viticulture of his land.