Helice

Helice, Diana's nymph, is one day approached and seduced by Jupiter, thus triggering Juno's jealousy. The latter, after the birth of Arcade, son of the god and the nymph, no longer holds back her anger and transforms poor Helice into a large bear. For years she will wander in the woods until she meets her son who, ignoring her identity, is about to kill her. At that point Jupiter lifts them into the void and on the wings of the wind carries them into the sky, transforming them into the constellations of Ursa Major and Bootes, close and linked for eternity.

Elice is our reserve Vermentino vineyard: it is vinified only from grapes coming from a small vineyard that we call the "Punta". Perfectly facing south, steep and stony, it lies on a strip of limestone rock. The resulting wine has a great gustatory purity, complex and elegant with a marked minerality. It has a unique personality, with excellent prospects for long aging in the bottle.