Villa Raiano Greco di Tufo

• TYPE

  White wine

• APPELLATION

  Greco di Tufo DOCG – DOP

• GRAPE VARIETY

  Greco 100%

• ORIGIN OF GRAPES

  Montefusco, Tufo, Altavilla Irpina (Avellino)

• ALTITUDE

  500m asl for the vineyards in Tufo and Montefusco; 550m asl for the vineyards in Altavilla Irpina

• TRAINING SYSTEM

  Guyot

• PLANT DENSITY

  4500 vines/ha

• GRAPE YIELD

  80 q/ha

• SOIL

  Calcareous clay, marl-clay, slime and sandy

• HARVEST

  First week of October

• VINIFICATION

  Static settling of the must after soft pressing of the whole bunches; inoculation with selected yeasts on the clear mass, fermentation and aging in steel

• FERMENTATION

  In stainless steel tanks at 16°C

• BOTTLING

  Second week of February following the harvest

• COLOR

  Intense and compact straw yellow

• NOSE

  Typical of altitude wines, green apple, jasmine, cedar and wild honey scents. A well-integrated mineral and mentholated note in the background. The young wine has primary aromas which after 5/10 years evolve into fascinating puffs of hydrocarbons

• PALATE

  Full and fresh mouth. The finish is long and persistent with very evident sapidity.

• PAIRINGS

  Perfect for risotto and white meats. Great for fish or smoked meats. Good match even with blue cheese after a few years of aging.

Greco di Tufo – Villa Raiano