Description
The Greco di Tufo DOCG from Tenuta del Meriggio
Classification: Still white wine
Greco is a noble vine of very ancient origin. It is still widespread in Campania today but Greco di Tufo is a different cultivar that originates from Greek vines coming from the hill of Cicala, in the territory of Nola, and transplanted in the countryside of Tufo around 1660 by Scipione di Marzo , who moved from the hamlet of San Paolo Belsito to his wife's possessions, located in Tufo.
Today it expresses its full potential in a not particularly extensive area in the province of Avellino centered on the municipality of Tufo and seven other neighboring municipalities. The grapes are vinified in white; the fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature in steel, at the end of fermentation the wine remains on the lees for a few months before bottling.
Wine with a straw yellow colour tending to golden with aromas of ripe yellow pulp fruit. On the palate it is very savoury and fresh with a remarkable persistence.
Characteristics Greco di Tufo DOCG
PLANTING YEAR: From 1950 to 2011
EXPOSURE: South-West
NATURE OF THE SOIL: Clayey
TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot and Avellino pergola
PLANT DENSITY AND YIELD: 3300 plants per hectare / 70-80 quintals
HARVEST PERIOD: Second ten days of October
Organoleptic Notes Greco di Tufo DOCG
COLOR: Straw yellow tending to gold.
TASTE: The palate is very savory and fresh with a remarkable persistence.
BOUQUET: Ripe yellow pulp fruit.
PAIRING: Seafood dishes such as shellfish, lobsters, fish soups and seafood, but if aged it is particularly suitable for roasts, wild boar meat, porcini mushroom dishes.
