Number 3. A perfect number, one that finds its place not only in philosophy and religion. It represents cosmic wholeness: heaven, earth, and humankind. The Holy Trinity. The tercets that structure Dante's Divine Comedy.
The perfection of this number can also be found in Bellone, one of Lazio's native grape varieties. Its name appears in ancient documents and may derive from the Latin bellus, meaning pleasant, agreeable, or beautiful.
Belonging to the Vitis vinifera species, Bellone owes its survival to the sandy coastal soils between Anzio and Nettuno, where the dreaded phylloxera never truly found a foothold. Thanks to a renewed commitment among winemakers to vinify the grape in its purest form, Bellone has given rise to three remarkably different white wines, which can be summed up in three words: Love, Eros, and Passion. These wines are Radix, Anthium, and Kius.
The first two were created by the historic winery Casale del Giglio.
Anthium embodies Eros. With its exotic aromas and maritime salinity, it exerts an almost magnetic attraction. It is a wine that seduces instantly, expressing the primal forces of nature, sun, and sea.
Radix, from the Latin word for "root," represents Love. It is devotion, permanence, and deep connection. Radix knows no haste. Years of aging in wood and amphora are required before it reaches its full expression. It is mature love, one that digs deep into the roots in search of the grape's most profound truth.
Kius, a visionary creation by Marco Carpineti, is the embodiment of Passion. It was born from an almost audacious belief in a territory and a grape variety that had long been underestimated. That passion gave life to a Bellone-based Metodo Classico sparkling wine. It is the passion that challenges convention and successfully competes with some of Italy's finest sparkling wines.
Bellone is one of the oldest and most distinctive grape varieties of the Roman and Pontine winemaking tradition. It is a terroir shaped by Love, Eros, and Passion, three expressions of a single grape and a single land.
