Cecubo Roccamonfina 2015

Description

A still red from Campania, produced by Villa Matilde, a historic name that has brought Falerno back into fashion. 13.5% ABV, 2015 vintage. A blend of Abbuoto, Piedirosso, and Primitivo that expresses the volcanic soul of the Roccamonfina area. The grapes, harvested and selected by hand, ferment at a controlled temperature and then age for 12 months in Allier oak barriques. The result is a wine with a deep, dense red color and unmistakable aromas of plums, berries, vanilla, cocoa, licorice, and tobacco. On the palate, it offers sensations of great elegance, softness, and structure with velvety tannins.

Details

Perfume

Unmistakable aromas of plums, nuances of berry fruit, vanilla, cocoa, subtle liquorice and tobacco.

Color

Dark, deep red.

Taste

Great elegance and breed, silky texture and outstanding structure, with well-balanced components and sweet tannins.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

2 hours

Producer

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

Campania

Technical Sheet

Name	Villa Matilde Cecubo Roccamonfina 2015
Type	Red still
Denomination	Roccamonfina IGT
Vintage	2015
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	45% Abbuoto, 30% Piedirosso, 25% Primitivo
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Vendor	Villa Matilde
Origin	Tenuta di "San Castrese" ("San Castrese" Estate), Sessa Aurunca
Soil composition	Volcanic, rich in phosphorus , potassium, and microelements.
Plants per hectare	4,500kg/h.
Yield per hectare	5,000.
Harvest	"Primitivo": end of August, early September; "Abbuoto" and "Piedirosso" : October 10th - October 20th.
Fermentation temperature	25-26 °C
Wine making	The bunches are hand-picked, selected, and softly crushed; the obtained must ferments together with the dregs of pressed grapes, at a temperature of 25 / 26° C. Finally, the malolactic fermentation starts.
Aging	12 months in barriques of Allier oak, new for a third party.
Year production	16000 bottles
Allergens	Contains sulphites