Maeli

The identity of the territory, which has always been at the centre of my research, has proven its great potential when planted with the Yellow Muscat grape variety which here is known as Fior D’Arancio. The origin of the soil is volcanic, rich in trachyte, chalk and clay that in my vineyard are mixed with marl and loam. This is where the name Maeli comes from.

This magnificent National Park in the Euganean Hills, that soars up as if by mira...

Respect and regard for an ancient, originally volcanic land, where a lush vegetation of holly oaks, strawberry trees and fruit trees lives side by side with centuries old traditional plants such as olive trees and grapevines. This is the natural world of Terre del Pirio in the heart of the Euganean Hills.
Here the vines are deeply rooted in earth made up of marl flakes of chalk rock interspersed with trachyte and take full advantage of the ex...

Nestled in the Euganean Hills, a group of volcanic rolling, cone-shape slopes that rise above the Padovan-Venetian plane, is one of the region’s fastest emerging leaders in top quality wine production – Maeli. The winery is directed by winemaker Elisa Dilavanzo, who has drawn new energy from the support given by Gianluca and Desiderio Bisol. With their vision, Elisa has been encouraged to search for new expressions in a grape variety, Moscato ...

Winemaker Elisa Dilavanzo’s foray into the world of wine production began by chance in 2010. Recruited by a hotelier who had just acquired an estate in the gorgeous Euganean Hills in Italy’s Veneto region, Elisa was asked to help restore the estate’s vineyards, which had been abandoned for decades.

Elisa says that she was immediately fascinated by the diversity of the land, the steepness of the hills, the varying exposure of the vines to th...