Cantine Matrone 'E'Magliole' 2022 | Campania, Italy

A savoury and flavoursome skin contact from the hills near Mount Vesuvius.

Producer: Cantine Matrone

Region: Boscotrecase, Napoli, Campania, Italy

Grapes: Caprettone, Falanghina, and Greco

Ripe orchard fruits, oak spices, and a saline aspect on the nose.

Builds in flavour, with golden apples, citrus, and stone fruits, savoury spices - anise, cloves, cardamon, and bay leaves - and a real tasty mineral-saline quality.

Richly textured and weighty on the palate, with sinewy tannins and bright seaside acidity.

Nerd Notes:

Primarily Caprettone grapes with some Falanghina.

The Caprettone is distributed over three vineyards located at 30 – 120 – 200 meters above sea level, while Falanghina is grown exclusively at 30 meters above sea level.

A part of the grapes are fermented together, with immediate pressing and fermentation without skin, while a part of the Caprettone is fermented alone with 3 days maceration on the skin and subsequent soft pressing of the same.

12 months of ageing in stainless steel vats is followed and another year in bottle before the wine is released.