BARTOLI VALERIO

In Gualdo Cattaneo, amidst the rolling hills of Umbria, Valerio Bartoli operates within a single, yet surprisingly broad, denomination: Agnello del Centro Italia IGP, which protects one of the country's most extensive sheep farming areas, encompassing 1,403 municipalities distributed across central Italy. The breeding model follows a biphasic cycle—from milk feeding to pasture—which is both a management choice and a criterion of the denomination. This very transition defines the categories outlined in the 'disciplinare' (production specifications): light, heavy, and castrated carcasses, distinguished by the animal's growth stage. This approach shifts the emphasis from a single terroir to the biological phases of breeding, anchoring quality to time and the natural rhythm of growth rather than to a specific plot of land. In a landscape dominated by origins tied to circumscribed locations, Bartoli interprets an IGP built on the broad geography of the central Apennines, where what is certified is a method shared by a vast territory, consistent in its stages and product categories.

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