Great white native vines

In our area three fabolous native white vines are cultivated for centuries, each one of high quality and personality with very different characteristics between them. Greco vine more mineral, more structured and complex Fiano vine, Falanghina vine fresh and aromatic. In our production are rightly present all three, each with its peculiarities.

From the most exclusive vine stocks of Irpinia, it is one of the most exclusive I Capitani white wines. The Greco di Tufo DOCG Serum is a white wine with a delicate flavour, intense in colour, a harmonic balance that is simply unmistakable.

Denomination: Greco di Tufo DOCG

Alcohol level: 13 %

Service temperature: 9° - 10° C (48° - 50° F).

Longevity: Medium-low (3 years)

Place of production

Mid hill Irpinia territories in Tufo, Montefusco, Santa Paolina.

Grapevines

Greco di Tufo cultivated in vertical trellises using guyot pruning methods.

Production

70 quintal per hectare with 60% wine return.

Vinification

Vintage beginning of October, soft crushing and fermentation in controlled temperature.

Colour

Straw yellow with golden reflex.

Fragrance

With a strong and persistent character and a hint of Renette apples, broom flowers and citrus fruits.

Flavour

Tasty, harmonious, delicate, enfolding and enduring.

Greco is a beautiful vine that reveals unequivocally the terroir of production. Flavor and minerality combined with a pleasant freshness makes it perfect for an aperitif or to match fish or shellfish, grilled or sauteed. The more traditional combination it's with pasta with cabbage and bland sea bass, very simple dishes, of which incredibly enhances the flavor. With the refinement in the bottle becomes fantastic with tipical italian large noodle egg pasta (named pappardelle) or risotto with mushrooms as well as soft cheeses do not mature.

Squid filled with zucchinis and mint

Ingredients for 4 peoples :

2 big squids, 300 g (10.6 oz) zucchinis, 50 g (1.8 oz) parmesan cheese, 100 g (3.5 oz) scamorza, 3 eggs, 1 spig of mint, 1 glass of milk, 1 clove of garlic, stale bread, 1 glass of white wine, extra virgin olive oil, salt e pepper.

Directions :

Clean squids taking care not to break the pouches. Cut the tentacles into small pieces and fry in oil for a few minutes; then with already fried zucchinis prepare a mixture by adding eggs, grated cheese, cubed scomorza, mint and bread (previously soaked in milk). Adjust with salt and pepper. Fill the pouches of squid with the mixture so prepared and sew. In hot oil crush a clove of garlic and lightly brown, add the stuffed squid and let brown for a few minutes more, then add the white wine and finish cooking until complete evaporation of the wine over medium heat. Slice the squid and serve the dish hot garnished with a few sprigs of fresh mint.

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Greco di Tufo was the first wine from Campania to establish itself seriously on the international stage and to spread the name of the Irpinia wine area for its excellent wines.

It's without any doubt the oldest vine of Irpinia, imported from the Greek region of Thessaly. The confirmation of the ancient origin is given by the discovery of a fresco in Pompeii dating back to the first century BC where he explicitly mentions the "Greco wine". Cultivation of the greco vine was spread initially on the slopes of Vesuvius and later in inland areas more suited to viticulture. In the province of Avellino greco vine has its highest expression in "Greco di Tufo" DOCG wine. The name Tufo is taken from the town located at the center of the little production area made by 8 municipalities. Tufo, in turn, owes its name to the soil-pyroclastic volcanic tuff of origin from the characteristic yellow color that give the wine its famous minerality.

Grapevine

White vine with small leaves, pentagonal and quinquelobata; big and elongated, pyramidal or cylindrical, winged and quite compact bunch, medium-small ellipsoidal berry with short pruinose skin yellowish-green color that tends to amber when exposed longly to the sun. It's a grape that during fermentation it's easly oxidable and produces a big volume of lees.