campania falanghina i.g.t.
vigne verginianae
Vines have flourished for over two thousand years on the inland hills of Campania, one of the areas in Italy where some of the most extraordinary wines in the world are made. The natural and millenary isolation of the people has helped preserve ancient native vines, which have come down to us not the least thanks to the enlightened work of the Benedictine monks of the Monastery of Montevergine (XII century) whose ingenuity combined aromas, nuances and contrasts, while also perfecting vineyard and winemaking techniques in Medieval times. One of the best loved white wines, Falanghina Campania Vigne Verginianae combines personality with balanced flavor and softness, culminating with agreeable persistence.
Grape: 100% Falanghina.
Production area: from selected vineyards in areas of Campania.
Winemaking: the grapes are selected during the first days of October, vinified shortly after the harvest with delicate destemming and soft-pressing. After cold maceration and white vinification of the decanted must, the wine undergoes alcoholic fermentation followed by careful refinement on the less in steel tanks for 4 months and then at least 1 month in the bottle.
Tasting notes: straw yellow color with greenish reflections, notes of pineapple, green apple and lime with vegetal hints. A delicate; young, fresh and mineral wine with lively acidity and a good, balanced aftertaste.
Food pairings: a very food-friendly wine, with cold cuts, Mediterranean dishes, white fish and meat, fresh cheese. It is also excellent with pizza and as an aperitif.
Best served at 10 °C..
243. CARTULA OBLATIONIS
1137 - November, ind. I, Montefusco
Proserpina, Umberto’s daughter, lord of Atripalda, receiving the news of the her husband’s Iderno death, who fell in the war between King Ruggiero and Count Rainulfo, near Siponto, asks Alberto, rector and custodian of the Saint Mary’s church of Montevergine, to send some of her religious to the land of Puglia to collect the mortal remains of her husband and give him an honorable burial in the sanctuary; at the same time, she offers to the Abbey, a vineyard outside the castle of Montefusco, in the Saint Angel locality, in Marcopio.
(Original, PARCHMENT N. 239, 215x425 mm; writing from Benevento).
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