Description:
Denomination: Greco di Tufo DOCG
Grape variety: 100% Greco
Vineyard location: Tufo, San Paolo, and Santa Lucia
hamlets Exposure and altitude: south-west 350 – 450m asl
Nature of the soil: sulfur, clay, limestone
Vine training: Guyot espalier
Plantation density: 3,000 plants per hectare
Average age of the vine: 20 years
Yield per hectare: 70 quintals per hectare
Harvest: hand-made in mid-October
Average quantity of bottles: about 20,000
Bottle size: 0.75 l – 0.35 l
Alcoholic degree: generally 13 °
Vinification technique:
Only the free-run must is used for our Greco, the spearhead of our cellar. The must is fermented with great care in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks using selected native yeasts. The wine then rests on the lees for six months to give complexity and structure. The malolactic transformation occurs partially, depending on the natural acidity of the harvest. Before being bottled, the wine is lightly filtered and stored at cellar temperature until it is judged to be ready for the market.
Organoleptic description:
Straw yellow with delicate golden reflections. On the nose, yellow peach and apricot, flint and orange blossom, with notes of Mediterranean scrub. When it opens, aromas of lime and lemon emerge. On the palate, it is an intense, fresh and savory wine, with a refreshing citrus fruit. The taste persists for a long time, leaving exquisite notes of almond, eucalyptus and lemon zest.
Pairing:
The freshness and flavor of this wine make it go very well with fish-based dishes such as salmon, seafood, grilled fish, but also with white meats and fresh cheeses. This Greco di Tufo, thanks to the particular balance between softness and hardness, is also perfect as an aperitif or drunk as an appetizer.
Serving temperature: 10 – 12 ° C
Curiosity:
The first Greco di Tufo was born in our company almost four centuries ago. The uniqueness of this wine lies in the fact that the vines grow on soils with a high content of fossil sulfur, the same sulfur which, when extracted, made the fortune of the March family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
