Falanghina del Sannio

Producer:
Vigne Sannite
Region:
Campania
Grape:
Falanghina (100%)
Classification:
DOC Sannio
Vintage:
2019
Capacity:
0.75 l

Dry white wine of Campanian native Falanghina grape. It comes from the vineyards located in the surroundings of Monte Taburno, the Taburno Mount, in the province of Benevento, in the north-eastern part of the region. This grape variety had already been known in the Roman times, but was well naturalized in these areas at the beginning of the XIX century. The suitable climate, especially big temperature differences between day and night, provide excellent growing conditions for this white grape variety. Falanga in Latin means a pole supporting the vine, hence the name of the wine and grape variety. This is a well-structured wine, soft and with marked mineral note. Falanghina is one of the most famous wines of Campania, appreciated by so famous wine experts as Luigi Veronelli, which wrote about it: authentic and precious treasure.

Details

Color: straw yellow.
Aroma: complex, notes of white ripe fruit, sage leaf.
Flavor:fresh, soft, mineral .
Food matching: perfect with aperitif, fish-based dishes, especially carpaccio of raw fish; grilled, marinated, fried fish; sea food-based sauce, mozzarella-type cheese like bufala campana.
Serving temperature: 10°C.
Alcohol content: 13,5%.

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