Aroldo Bellelli

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At Bisci in Matelica, the work sits inside Verdicchio di Matelica, and Aroldo Bellelli approaches it as a question of place first. The winemaker’s task here is less about signature than about keeping the wine aligned with the vineyard’s terms, with the discipline that comes from reading ground, fruit, and season closely.

Where They Are Now

At Bisci, in Matelica, the winemaking role is built around Verdicchio di Matelica and a method that favors restraint over display. Aroldo Bellelli describes the work in straightforward terms: start in the vineyard, carry that attention through the cellar, and let the finished wine stay connected to where it came from. The soil, mainly clay or clay-limestone, is part of that calculation; it is treated not as scenery, but as a set of conditions that shape decisions throughout the season. That way of working keeps the focus on the local variety and on the limits the site sets. Bellelli frames Bisci’s approach as listening—listening to what the vineyard gives, what the soil supports, and what the vintage makes possible. In that sense, respect is not a slogan but a working principle, one that governs how the fruit is handled and how much room is left for the place to speak.

Signature

Aroldo’s signature wines include Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva Senex 2019 and Vigneto Fogliano. Both are tied to the same framework he describes at Bisci: Verdicchio as the local measure, and a measured hand that keeps the wines rooted in a specific landscape rather than pushed toward excess.

In Their Words “They hold this work respecting the local variety, Verdicchio, and respecting the soil that is mainly clay or clay-limestone and always looking toward the respect of what we produce in the vineyard.” “Verdicchio has had a history here for a long time and it adapted here very well.”