2021 Cantina Giardino Volpe Rosa

WINEMAKER: Antonio & Daniela De Gruttola
REGION: Campania, IT
VARIETY: Coda di Volpe Rossa
VITICULTURE: Organic

From seventy five year old vines planted with a rare pink-skinned variety of Coda di Volpe, some five hundred metres above sea level. This spent a day on skins, before being pressed off to sandstone amphorae and concrete vats for a year of rest. A gorgeous shade of brick in the glass, faint tannins frame complex flavours of blood orange, minerals and spice. A cult classic, as always this is a rosato that ranks as one of Italy’s best.

Cantina Giardino seek out old vineyards in Irpinia, high in the hills of Campania, preserving and championing local varietals. High altitudes, volcanic soils, organic farming and honest winemaking, Antonio and Daniela's wines are expressive of terroir and speak of place.

Believed to be a white grape used to make the famous Falernian wines for the tables of the Roman Emperors and mentioned already by Pliny the Elder, falanghina's name seems to refer to the Greek falangos and then phalange in Latin, with a curious reference to the poles used to support the vines.