Lungarotti and Rubesco
A Symbol of Umbrian enological excellence, Lungarotti has written the history of wine in Italy and around the world. A story of successes, which continues from generation to generation, based on quality viticulture, but also on the ability to build a virtuous circuit around wine focused on exceptional hospitality, enhancement of the historical and cultural heritage and authentic experiences in contact with the nature. A universe of values: The Lungarotti Experience.
LUNGAROTTI TIMELINE
The Origins
As early as the 1700s, the Lungarotti family produced wine and oil in the Middle Tiber Valley.Read
1949
Giorgio Lungarotti is among the exhibitors of the Perugia Grape Exhibition, during which the need to modernize viticulture in Umbria emerges.Read
1962
Giorgio Lungarotti aggregates the farms of several families giving a turn to the business activities of his family.Read
1964
First harvest of Rubesco Reserve: grapes, Sangiovese and Canaiolo, the same variety of Rubesco, come from a particular vineyard, named Monticchio.Read
1968
In recognition to the quality of the wines produced by Giorgio Lungarotti in Torgiano (Rubesco and Torre di Giano), comes the first with DOC Umbria Torgiano Torgiano Red and white.Read
1969
Giorgio Lungarotti looks to the future and begin to export its wines. The first shipment in Germany, in Frankfurt; to follow in England and then the world ...Read
1970
Rubesco conquers the British market. The discovery of this Italian red wine of excellent quality, and only one, out of many denominations.Read
1974
April 23 is opened, in a building of the XVI century, The Wine Museum. Developed by Giorgio and Maria Grazia Marchetti Lungarotti.Read
1976
Giorgio Lungarotti continues its mission relying on two young players, Teresa and Chiara, who instructs his taste of tireless experimenter.Read
1978
Giorgio and Maria Grazia restructure, in the village of Torgiano, a seventeenth-century building, and open the 5-star Relais Le Tre Vaselle;Read
1979
The DOC also arrives in Montefalco thanks to the work of Giorgio LungarottiRead
1981
Giorgio Lungarotti creates the "Banco d'Assaggio" of Italian Wine (BAVI), wine competition with international jury of journalists and foreign critics and oenologistsRead
1982
Chiara Lungarotti offers to Pope John Paul II, on a visit to Assisi, a keg of Vin Santo, symbolically recalling the ancient Umbrian tradition.Read
1986
Rubesco Riserva Vigna Monticchio 1977 he won the prize Vinarius Wine of the Year. A recognition of the quality and uniqueness.Read
1987
Was established the Lungarotti Foundation non-profit organization in order to promote the study, knowledge and promotion of the enormous wealth of knowledge.Read
1990
Tenth in Italy, comes the DOCG to Torgiano Rosso Riserva, retroactive to 1983, given the characteristic long aging of this wine.Read
1992
Celebrating 30 years of Rubesco with the conference "The nutrients of the wine" and the creation of a special wine edition, with the label "Thirty years."Read
1994
Giorgio Lungarotti and Maria Grazia begin the exploitation of the old farmhouses of which is sprinkled the company. Thus it was born the first farm, Poggio alle Vigne.Read
1996
The 90s marked the beginning of the replanting of vineyards in new agricultural techniques.Read
1999
April 16, dies Giorgio Lungarotti. The Italian wine world lost a great pioneer:Read
2000
May 1 is inaugurated the Museum of the Olive and Olive Oil that Maria Grazia has made tribute to a desire of Giorgio:Read
2001
Acquired 20 acres of land in Montefalco that are implanted with Sagrantino, the grape variety typical of the area. Then begins the construction of the estateRead
2005
Rubesco: his story is the story Lungarotti, the Riserva Vigna Monticchio is the wine of the heart. The label, varied over the years according to the taste and feel of the times,Read
2006
Chiara Lungarotti was elected National President of the Wine Tourism Movement, a position later confirmed for a second term in 2009.Read
2008
Completes the first part of the project of agro-energy from biomass, ERASSPV, started in 2006, for which Lungarotti winery has been chosen as pilotRead
2010
The organic cultivation of the 20 hectares of the Montefalco Estate beginsRead
2012
A double birthday: half a century of life Rubesco, the flagship wine Lungarotti, and 50 years from the intuition of the founder.Read
2013
In Rome, from October 25 to November 30, the monumental complex of the Vittoriano, the exhibition "VERSO IL 2015.Read
2014
The Wine Museum celebrates its first 40 years from the opening.Read
2015
The Lungarotti Foundation and the Wine Museum partecipate of the International EXPO in MilanRead
2016
After the death of Denis Dubordieu, the oenological connsulence will be entrusted to Lorenzo LandiRead
2017
The first organic wine from Lungarotti, "ILBIO" will be presented at Vinitaly in VeronaRead
2018
The V.I.V.A. Project: In 2018, our organization was recognized as correct and sustainable.Read
2019
in May the sculpture by artist beverly Pepper "triple Twist" is inaugurated, an artist who has long been linked by friendship with the Lungarotti familyRead
2021
Rubesco Riserva Vigna Monticchio 2016 receives the Best Red Wine award, according to the list “100 best wines in Italy”Read
2022
Lungarotti celebrates 60 years of Rubesco.Read
2024
1964 - 2024. Rubesco Riserva Vigna Monticchio turns 60.Read