Anselmi started in 1948 in Monteforte d'Alpone, when Almerino Anselmi set up a business bottling and selling wines he bought in. He owned no land and no vineyards.
His son Roberto came back to the family in 1975 after university. He wanted to buy back his grandfather's vineyards and build a high-quality wine estate. So he closed his father's négociant business, then leased and later bought high-hill land that has long suited white wine. Roberto's children work there now. Tommaso is in the cellar, and Lisa links the estate with the market.
The cellar in Monteforte d'Alpone holds over 500 barriques and has 8000 hectolitres of ageing capacity. The wines age sur lie, with batonnage done under inert atmosphere and controlled temperature. The names on the labels come from the capitels, the small votive shrines standing in the vineyards. Each one carries the name of the territory or of a saint.
Not tasted yet
I haven't reviewed a wine from Anselmi yet. They're on my Top 100 list, which is built from awards.