Greco di Tufo
- Production Area: Campania, Montefusco, Tufo, Altavilla Irpinia (Avellino)
- Grape: Greco 100%.
- Denomination: D.O.C.G.
- Altitude: 500 m asl
- Harvest System: manual.
- Vinification: static settling of the must after soft pressing of the whole bunches to obtain the flower must; inoculation with selected yeasts on the clear mass, fermentation and aging in steel; the vinification and aging on the fine lees for 4 months takes place entirely in stainless steel vats.
- 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.
- Taste: full and fresh mouth. The finish is long and persistent with very evident sapidity.
- Food pairing: perfect for risotto and white meats. Great for fish or smoked meats. Good match even with blue cheese after a few years of aging; lentil and prawn soup; baked turbot with potatoes; fish soup, artichoke risotto; seared tuna; fried octopus; cod “alla pertecaregna”
- Alcohol: 13.5% by volume.
- Service temperature: 50°F
Producer | Villa Raiano |
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