Quintodecimo Greco di Tufo Giallo d'Arles 2023

Description

Giallo d'Arles is an extreme and rigorous interpretation of Greco di Tufo. It is produced exclusively with grapes from a single Greco vineyard. Its antique yellow-gold colour, typical of the appellation, is rendered even more intense by the brief period of fermentation in small oak barrels and the complete absence of clarification. It is a white wine with a red, powerful, refined structure, characterised by a deep minerality fused with notes of apricot and quince jam and a full and fresh taste. It also has an extraordinary aptitude for bottle ageing, gaining in elegance, complexity and harmony as the years pass. The name given to the wine is a tribute to Van Gogh's favourite colour during his time in Arles: a yellow prelude to red.

Details

Perfume

Fascinating for its richness with notes of gardenia, white melon, apricot and annurca apple with mineral hints, dried fruit and white pepper.

Color

Crystalline gold.

Taste

Structured and powerful, it does not lose coordination until the long persistence of the smoky touches.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Producer

Producer

Quintodecimo

From this winery

• Start up year: 2001
• Oenologist: Luigi Moio
• Bottles produced: 90.000
• Hectares: 30

Wine has conditioned my entire life. It is an association that began at birth in the winery of my father, Michele Moio. This historic Campania producer in the 1950s relaunched Falerno, the famous wine dear to the ancient Romans. Home and wine cellars were the same; my father, as if it were a game, had been engaging and involving me in his magical world since I was a child. So, quite naturally, I took up the study of oenology, and my particular inclination for study and passion for scientific research led me to a research centre in Burgundy, where from 1990 to 1994, I delved into the scientific aspects of wine aroma.

Those years in France were fundamental, not for acquiring new knowledge but for discovering a fantastic world, coinciding with the idea of a wine I had always had. This new vision of wine significantly strengthened me, a passion I began to experience with great enthusiasm. When I returned to Italy in July 1994, the urge to do was unstoppable, and as time went by, I felt an ever more vital need, both intimate and inner, for a space of my own where I could freely express my creativity, my ideas and my love for wine. Finally, in 2001, together with the extraordinary passion of my wife Laura, the dream began to take shape, giving life to an actual 'life project' that gradually led to the birth of Quintodecimo. Today, Quintodecimo is a handkerchief of land nestled in the green Irpinia region of Campania, where, in joyful harmony with nature and its enjoyment, Laura and I have realised the fantastic dream of living in the vineyard we planted, with the strong ambition of giving life to great wines that are the purest expression of the crus of origin. Read more

Campania

Pairings

Scampi on chickpea puree.

Pasta

Fish

Shellfish

Cheese

Oily fish

White fish

Technical Sheet

Name	Quintodecimo Greco di Tufo Giallo d'Arles 2023
Type	White still
Denomination	Greco di Tufo DOCG
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Greco di Tufo
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Vendor	Quintodecimo
Origin	Mirabella Eclano (Avellino).
Climate	Altitude: 520 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South/West.
Soil composition	Clayey.
Cultivation system	Simple horizontal espalier with Guyot pruning.
Yield per hectare	About 1.2 kg per vine.
Harvest	Second decade of October.
Fermentation temperature	14 6 °C
Wine making	Upon arrival at the winery manual selection of grapes on sorting tables, settling soft pressing, fermentation in stainless steel vats part and partly in French oak barrels at a temperature between 14 6°C.
Allergens	Contains sulphites