Pure expression of an exceptional terroir

Irpinia, hard but generous land, has ever since shown a great interest for the viticulture with highest production on the land where the hills smoothly run down the valleys of the rivers Calore and Sabato. It is here on these green hills where the vineyard of the Farm Capitani spread in the sun. Vineyards that have been for centuries the pride and boast of the farming tradition of the Cefalo family, made by vines, but, above all, made by vine-dressers that know how to listen to their land.

The vined hectares are mostly assigned to cultivation, through the espalier technique, of the autochthonous Aglianico, which is grown in low yield, as we learned to do, in order to express the best consistency, balance and integrity of its fruits. Other grapevine like Merlot and Falanghina complete the range of the grapes traditionally produced in the farm. A hectare of experimental vineyard is assigned to the cultivation of the Greco and Fiano cultivar and, for a few years, we have been growing Sangiovese, too, to complete our bold wine-making alchemy.

The accurate and wise cultural cures, always respecting either nature or tradition, together with the excellent terroir, let the farm I Capitani obtain selected high quality grapes which are used for producing premium wines.

Cellar between past and future

Since the years of the grandfather Ciriaco, the Capitani have vint their own grapes in suitable places using advanced tools for those days. Today the old cellar all made in stone and bricks, rebuilt as it was before after the earthquake of 1980, is a small museum where are exhibited, together to the many tools that go back to the old days of the peasant life, different pieces of oenological antiques.

Even today the Farm’s cellar is a place where cutting-edge technologies are used to safeguard the most ancient tradition. Constant experimentation and the cooperation with renowned wine experts continue to be the strengths of our excellence in production.