Wines
i bianchi
Fontanavigna
Fontanavigna is a locality of Castel Campagnano, close to the winery's cellar, where, in ancient times, there used to be a fountain and wash-house in the midst of the vineyards.
FONTANAVIGNA
IGT TERRE DEL VOLTURNO PALLAGRELLO BIANCO
Grapes: Pallagrello bianco 100%
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno Pallagrello bianco
Vineyards: in Castel Campagnano
Training: certified organic
Harvest : September. By hand, in 15 kg. small cases
Yield per hectar: 70 q.li/ha - 37 hl/ha
Production: 5.000 bottles
Vinification: selection by hand, soft crushing and pressing, fermentation in stainless still, temperature between 57-59° F., stay on noble lesses for 6 months, reefing 3 months in bottle.
Tasting notes: the wine is light straw-yellow in colour, with highlights; its perfumes include notes of fresh fruit, from apples, pineapple, and melon. To the palate the wine is balanced, with persistently aromatic flavours, and a long finish of dried apricots.
Le Sèrole
Sèrole, near Ruviano, appears on ancient maps of the area - the name relating to the imposing ruins of an old farmhouse. At Sèrole, a communal threshing floor built in 1829 is still in use, in a place called "Aria Nova", where the peasants would congregate, working the produce of the land, and, on warm summer nights, singing and dancing.
LE SEROLE
IGT TERRE DEL VOLTURNO PALLAGRELLO BIANCO
Grapes: Pallagrello bianco 100%
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno Pallagrello bianco
Vineyard: Mascioni in Castel Campagnano
Training: Certified organic.
Harvest September. By hand, in 15 kg. small cases
Yield per hectar: 45 q/ha, 32 hl/ha
Production : 4.500 bottles
Vinification: selection by hand, soft crushing and pressing, fermentation half in stainless still and half in new barriques for 3 months at temperature between 53-57° F., After this time, the wine goes in stainless still on noble lesses for 6 months, reefing 6 months in bottle.
Tasting notes: the gold-yellow wine offers delicate notes of honey and cotogna apple's marmelade to the nose; to the palate, it is rich, mellow and ample, with a long finish, and aromatic notes of spices, toasted almonds and vanilla.
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Roseto del Volturno
This wine comes from a blend of Pallagrello Nero and Casavecchia,red grapes vinified in white. The name is a tribute to the Volturno river, from Hannibal to Garibaldi, which has determined the history of our territory. It's a delicate and great wine that we love to pair with seafood and the pizza of Campania.
ROSETO DEL VOLTURNO
IGT TERRE DEL VOLTURNO ROSATO
Grapes: Pallagrello nero 50% - Casavecchia 50%
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno
Vineyards: Vigna Monticelli,
Training: certified organic.
Yield per hectar: 80 q/ha, 40 hl/ha
Production: 1500 bottles
Vinification: Speed passage on the skins, fermentation like a white in stainless still at temperature between 57-59° F.
Tasting notes: The wine is a beautiful bright pink color, with delicate scents with notes ranging from floral eglantine roses with hints of cherry and sour black cherry. Its flavor is characterized by a remarkable freshness supported by good acidity that nicely extends the persistence.
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Castello delle Femmine
The name Castello delle Femmine (Women's castle) is a tribute to a place near the Castle of Caiazzo where once an aristocratic mansion stood - traces of which still remain. It hosted young women destined to become courtesans for local feudal lords after an adequate training in "ars amandi" - "the art of love".
CASTELLO DELLE FEMMINE
IGT TERRE DEL VOLTURNO ROSSO
Grapes: Pallagrello nero 50% - Casavecchia 50%
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno
Vineyards: Castel Campagnano, Vigna Monticelli, Age 30
Training: certified organic
Yield per hectar: 80 q/ha
Production: 5.000 bottles
Vinification: selection by hand, destemming and crushing, maceration and fermentation in stainless still at 77° F, malolactic fermentation in inox. In new (30%) and of first hand barriques (70%) for one year, refining 12 months in the bottle.
Tasting notes: this wine shows the characteristics of both varieties of vine, accurately balanced in order to enhance its fruity character. Its elegant and slight spicy character derives from black Pallagrello grapes, while its intense colour and its finish of bitter almond are distinctive of Casavecchia vine. A bright ruby wine with hints of fresh fruit compôte and dominant raspberry and bilberry flavours on the nose. Fresh and well balanced in the mouth, with a good alcoholic structure, this wine goes well with all dishes.
Ambruco
The name Ambruco is a linguistic contamination of "vitis labrusca" - wild vine. There is a place near Castel Campagnano of the same name, where centuries-old wild vines used to grow. Local peasants considered them almost holy because of their age.
AMBRUCO
IGT TERRE DEL VOLTURNO PALLAGRELLO NERO
Grapes: Pallagrello nero 100%
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno
Vineyards: in Castel Campagnano, Vigna Monticelli
Training: certified organic.
Harvest: October. By hand, in 15 kg. small cases
Yield per hectar: 40 q/ha
Production: 3500 bottles
Vinification: selection by hand, destemming and crushing, maceration and fermentation in stainless still at 77° F, malolactic fermentation in inox. In new (30%) and of first hand barriques (70%) for one year, refining 18 months in the bottle.
Tasting notes: strong, scrumptious, deep-ruby wine. Mild, balmy hints on the nose, soon after having perceived a succession of flavours ranging from berry fruit to chocolate, through green pepper.. In the mouth this wine is balanced, rich, with elegant, extremely well-balanced tannins. It shows a very long lasting finish, slowly fading in a spicy aroma with traces of blackberry and bilberry.
Centomoggia
In this area, landed property used to be extremely divided. So a property measuring 100 moggia, i.e. some 30 ha, was such a rarity that this place, located between Caiazzo and Castel Campagnano, was named "Centomoggia" - "Hundred Moggia".
CENTOMOGGIA
IGT Terre del Volturno Casavecchia
Grapes: Casavecchia nero 100%
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno
Vineyards: in Castel Campagnano, Vigna Monticelli and Castel di Sasso, Vigna di zia Rosa.
Training: certified organic.
Harvest: September. By hand, in 15 kg. small cases
Yield per hectar: 35 q/ha
Production : 3500 bottles
Vinification: selection by hand, destemming and crushing, maceration and fermentation in stainless still at 77° F, malolactic fermentation in inox. In new (30%) and of first hand barriques (70%) for one year, refining 18 months in the bottle.
Tasting notes: full-bodied wine with dense ruby colour. Very strong flavour on the nose , with gamey, feral hints introducing a wide range of aromas including blackberry, bilberry, as well as spicy cloves and bitter liquorice. In the mouth this wine is meaty, mellow and rich, and the tannins exquisitely enhance its cherished , wide-ranging taste with distinctive lasting finish.
Piancastelli
This wine was born from an idea of Manuela (Piancastelli is her surname) for a challenge to create a great “meditation wine" from the grapes of Pallagrello Nero and Casavecchia. Every vintage the label is painted for us by a different artist.
PIANCASTELLI
IGT TERRE DEL VOLTURNO ROSSO
Grapes: screening of Black Pallagrello (70%) and Casavecchia (30%) with a small proportion of grapes whitered on the plant
Appellation: Igt Terre del Volturno
Vineyards: Castel Campagnano Vigna Piancastelli, località Beneficio
Training: certified organic.
Harvest: Casavecchia September; Pallagrello nero October and part November. By hand, in 15 kg. small cases
Yield per hectar: 40 q/ha
Production: 2000 bottles
Vinification: selection by hand, destemming and crushing, maceration and fermentation in stainless still at 77° F, malolactic fermentation in inox. In new (30%) and of first hand barriques (70%) for one year, refining 18 months in the bottle.
Tasting notes: dark red, with ruby reflections. On the nose there are dried plum's, blackberry's, chocolate's and black pepper flavours, made more sophisticated by very light oriental fragrances of incense. In the mouth this wine is mellow and fresh, with the Casavecchia's tannins balanced by black Pallagrello. In the long lasting finish come back the likeable oriental fragrances.
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Grappa
Grape used for vinacce: exclusively Pallagrello Nero
Soil: clayey and stony
Location of vineyard: Castel Campagnano 250 m. above sea level
Planting system: guyot, with 5000 vines per hectare
Harvest: hand-picked in the last 20 days of October
Yeld: 80 quintals per hectare
Distillation technique: virgin vinacce with a discontinuos distillation process, maturing in French oak barriques for a year
Alcohol by Volume: 43%
Mastro grappaiolo is Giuseppe Amato, for three distillers generations in San Giuseppe Vesuviano.
IL SASSO DI RICCARDO
Igt Terre del Volturno passito
A dessert wine in limited production, is a tribute to Castel del Sasso, a small town in Alto Casertano, and little Riccardo, Peppe’s grandson. Riccardo received a gift, at birth, a small vineyard in Sasso, which has been handed down in the family for several generations. From that Casavecchia vineyard comes this sweet dessert wine thought to be paired with Conciato romano, a precious and antique sheep cheese produced by the Lombardi family of " Le Campestre" friends whom we admire for their strength and the extraordinary passion of their extremely high quality Slow Food products.