Marco Ludovico
Marco Ludovico is a third-generation winemaker from Mottola, located in the heart of the Terra delle Gravine Natural Park in Puglia. After completing his studies in Udine, Marco worked in Italy, Argentina, and New Zealand before returning home to work at the family winery. He worked alongside his father in the vineyards and cellar for several years, but Marco ultimately wanted to make wines that would reflect his personality and vision. After some initial hesitation, Marco decided to branch out and founded his eponymous winery in 2017. Since then, he has been crafting authentic wines that reflect this special part of Puglia. The soils of the Terra delle Gravine are tuffaceous limestone with vineyards lying on cliffs above the Gulf of Taranto. The proximity to the sea brings constant cooling winds, resulting in fresh, elegant, mineral-driven wines, unique in a region better known for warm, high-alcohol wines. Marco's winemaking philosophy is to work in harmony with nature. He farms his grapes organically, and all of the vineyard work is done manually. Grapes are picked by hand early in the morning to avoid excess heat, and fermentations are carried out with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel or amphora. The wines are neither clarified nor filtered, and only minimal amounts of sulfur are used. The results express Marco's distinctive concept of local, artisanal, terroir-driven wines.
