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Paternopoli · Campania, Italy
Fonzone
Founded in 2005 in Paternopoli, in Irpinia, by surgeon Lorenzo Fonzone Caccese, and run today by his family. 30 hectares on the home hill at 360 to 430 meters, plus vineyards up to 650 meters for the Fiano and Greco.
4 wines in our portfolio
- WhiteFiano di AvellinoTre Bicchieri · Gambero RossoDOCG · 2024 · 750 ml
Awards
Tre Bicchieri · Gambero Rosso — "Three Glasses", the top rating in Gambero Rosso's Vini d'Italia, Italy's leading wine guide. Only a few hundred of the 25,000+ wines tasted each year receive it.
Grapes & tasting notes
100% Fiano (above 500 mslm) The wine is aged in stainless steel for five months, with periodical bâtonnage. CHARACTERISTICS: straw yellow color with green hues, is characterized by delicate floral and fruity aromas reminiscent of citrus, orange blossom, lime, almond paste. The taste is fresh and balanced, viscous and very persistent.
- WhiteGreco di TufoDOCG · 2024 · 750 ml
Grapes & tasting notes
Greco 100% The fermentation is carried out at low temperature and lasts for about a month. The wine is aged in stainless steel for five months, with periodical bâtonnage. CHARACTERISTICS: deep golden yellow colour. It has perfumed notes of orange blossom, grapefruit peel and pineapple. The taste is soft, juicy, with a long finish that reveals, in retro- nasal, pleasant sensations of dried apricot.
- RoséAglianico Rosato IrpiniaDOC · 2023 · 750 ml
Grapes & tasting notes
Aglianico 100% The color is cherry red with coral red shades. It is characterized by a very intense aroma of strawberry, fresh grass. The taste has a savory, powerful but not intrusive start on the palate. The bunches, harvested by hand and placed in crates, are quickly transported to the nearby cellar, where they are pressed directly. The decanted must is sent to fermentation at a controlled temperature.
- Red"Mattodà" Campi Taurasini94 Luca MaroniDOC · 2019 · 750 ml
Awards
94 Luca Maroni — Italian critic and author of the yearly guide to Italy's best wines, rating on a 99-point scale.
Grapes & tasting notes
Aglianico 100% The fermentation and maceration take place in stainless steel tanks for a period of 15-20 days. Subsequently, after the first racking and the start of malolactic fermentation, the wine is transferred to French oak barrels of first and second passage, where it stays for 12 months. CHARACTERISTICS: brilliant ruby red, the nose is characterized by floral, fruity and spicy notes, with hints of violet, raspberry and cinnamon. The taste is soft, warm, with fine tannins and a long finish.