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Serve at:
08 - 10 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Producer
Villa Matilde
From this winery
- Start up year: 1965
- Oenologist: Fabio Gennarelli, Riccardo Cotarella
- Bottles produced: 700.000
- Hectares: 125
The story of Villa Matilde Avallone began in the 1960s with Francesco Paolo Avallone, a lawyer and passionate connoisseur of ancient wines, who, intrigued by Pliny's stories and the verses of Virgil, Martial and Horace on Vinum Falernum, decided to bring the legendary wine that had disappeared at the beginning of the last century back to life. Assisted by a group of friends, including some professors from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Naples, he identified, after years of study, the vines that had given life to Falernum wine in Roman times. A few vines that had miraculously survived the devastation of phylloxera at the end of the 19th century were replanted, with the help of a few local farmers, in the Massico area where they had once thrived, and he founded Villa Matilde Avallone.
Today, the company is run by Francesco Paolo's children, Maria Ida and Salvatore Avallone, with exclusive dedication to continuing their father's dream and project, taking up the important inheritance and looking even further. From the Ager Falernus, they have gone as far as the province of Avellino with new vineyards, new projects and wines that tell of the strong identity of Campania Felix. In 2004, Villa Matilde opened the Pietrafusa Estates in the Irpinia DOCG region, in the province of Avellino, starting the production of new wines. Read more
Today, the company is run by Francesco Paolo's children, Maria Ida and Salvatore Avallone, with exclusive dedication to continuing their father's dream and project, taking up the important inheritance and looking even further. From the Ager Falernus, they have gone as far as the province of Avellino with new vineyards, new projects and wines that tell of the strong identity of Campania Felix. In 2004, Villa Matilde opened the Pietrafusa Estates in the Irpinia DOCG region, in the province of Avellino, starting the production of new wines. Read more
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| Name | Villa Matilde Falerno del Massico Bianco 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | White still |
| Denomination | Falerno del Massico DOC |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Falanghina |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Vendor | Villa Matilde |
| Origin | Cellole (CE) |
| Climate | Altitude: 140 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Volcanic with good phosphorus and potassium content. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot with about 6/8 buds per plant. |
| Plants per hectare | 4500/4800 screws per hectare. |
| Yield per hectare | approx. 6500 litre-hectare. |
| Harvest | Second decade of September |
| Fermentation temperature | 10 2 °C |
| Fermentation | 20 days. |
| Wine making | Cryomaceration of the grapes to obtain greater aromatic extraction and structure. This is followed by soft pressing and cold decanting of the must, which is then fermented at a controlled temperature of 10 2 °C for around 20 days. |
| Aging | Stainless steel for 3 months. |
| Year production | 6500 bottles |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

