November 2000
Gambero Rosso number 106 - Umani Ronchi
"The Family Jewel: For years they wondered where they were failing...What was missing in order to achieve the top recognition from the panel of the Vini D'Italia. 200 hectares to choose the best grapes from, a modern vinification plant and aging cellar...a skilled technical staff and the supervision of wine maker Giacomo Tachis. And then the wines: true, balanced, with a price-quality relation rarely equaled...The Bernetti family finally got the Three Glasses for a wine always considered to be a small jewel. 'Do you want me to say that I was expecting the Three Glasses for a red wine? In some way, yes I did' reveals Massimo Bernetti, who has been leading the winery with his brother Stefano for twenty years-'but as a matter of fact I think that Casal di Serra really represents the Marches and the territory where Verdicchio gives its best.' And indeed Casal di Serra is not a common wine, It is produced from a 14 hectare vineyard...it is a real 'cru' wine in the heart of the Classico area...Always among the best wines of its category, with the 1999 vintage it got the final seal of fame with the Three Glasses."
