The Esino (, la, Aesis) is a river in the
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
region of central
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
Geography
The source of the river is east of
Monte Penna
Monte Penna is a mountain (1,735 m) on the border between Liguria and Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. It is included in the Natural Regional Park of the Aveto, and overlooks the Val di Taro; the sources of bo ...
in the
province of Macerata
The province of Macerata ( it, provincia di Macerata) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province includes 55 comunes (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Macera ...
near the border with the
province of Ancona
The province of Ancona ( it, provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central 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, t ...
. The river flows east past
Esanatoglia
Esanatoglia is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche, Italy.
History
According to the legend, Esus, the Celtic God of war, would be the origin of the name of the Esino river, on whose shores a town, ''Aesa'', is presumed to have been founded in R ...
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 cre ...
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
Serra San Quirico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population o ...
,
Maiolati Spontini
Maiolati Spontini is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona. It is the birthplace of musician Gaspare Spontini, whose name has been conjoined with the commune's ancien ...
,
Castelplanio
Castelplanio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona.
Castelplanio borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Ostrense, Maiolati Spontini
Maiolati Spontini ...
,
Castelbellino
Castelbellino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona.
Castelbellino borders the following municipalities: Jesi, Maiolati Spontini
Maiolati Spontini is a ''comune ...
,
Jesi
Jesi, also spelled Iesi (), is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Ancona in Marche, Italy.
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 Adriatic ...
,
Chiaravalle and
Montemarciano
Montemarciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italy, Italian region Marche, about west of Ancona.
Montemarciano borders Chiaravalle (AN), Chiaravalle, Falconara Marittima, Monte San Vito, and Senigallia.
Internati ...
before flowing into the
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to t ...
near
Falconara Marittima
Falconara Marittima is a seaside resort on the Adriatic coast, in Italy, located north of Ancona, in the Marche region, province of Ancona.
History
Falconara developed around a castle. In the second half of the 16th century it was bought by the n ...
.
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 gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-i ...
yield of 12 tonnes/ha with the finished wines requiring a minimum
alcohol level
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...
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 b ...
and/or
Sangiovese
Sangiovese (, also , , ) is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin ''sanguis Jovis'', "the blood of Jupiter". Though it is the grape of most of central Italy from Romagna down to Lazio (the most widespread grape i ...
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 Viti ...
permitted to fill out of the rest. Whites are predominantly composed of
Verdicchio
Verdicchio (, also , ) is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Marche region of central Italy.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 195 Oxford University Press 1996 The name ''Verdicchio'' derives from ' ...
(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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