LILA IRPINIA FALANGHINA DOC

Italian Wine from Campania

Grapes: 100% Falanghina

Production area

Owned vineyards located on the hills of the municipality of Luogosano and Sant'Angelo all'Esca in the production area of the Denomination "Irpinia Falanghina doc".

Type of soil: Clayey-sandy, deep with good organic and volcanic elements.

Winemaking

The hand-picked grapes are immediately transported to the cellar, selected, and whole pressed.

Cold clarification of the "must flower". The fermentation takes place in steel at a controlled temperature and then the wine refines on its own fine lees.

Following a period of aging in bottle.

Organoleptic characteristics

Color: crystalline, straw yellow.
Aroma: on the nose it is intense with hints of fruits like banana, pineapple, apple and pear juice on a light background we can find white flowers.
Taste: strong impact and good acidity that leaves the mouth fresh and flavorful with an aftertaste of pleasant persistence that recalls the green apple and banana.

Gastronomic matches

It’s a wine with Falanghina grapes of great charm for elegance and persistence. Holds up well with the most elaborate dishes: starters and first courses of medium earth or sea dishes, fresh cheeses, light fried, tasty salads, white meats and delicately spicy dishes.

Best served at a temperature of 10 ° C / 12 ° C.

The Grapes Falanghina

Falanghina is an ancient Italian white-wine grape, reportedly of Greek origin. It is also said that Falanghina is the grape variety behind Falernian, the most famous wine of Roman antiquity and the inspiration for Falerno del Massico. There has been a renaissance of interest in Falanghina since the turn of the century, and there is now a movement to restore the reputation of this once-venerated grape.

Most Falanghina is grown in Campania, in southern Italy. The vines thrive in the porous volcanic soils around Mount Vesuvius and the warm Mediterranean climate. The berries are yellow skinned and coated with a thin layer of protective wax.

As a wine, Falanghina can have a slight pine scent, but is better known for its citrus-blossom aromas, in particular bitter orange. On the palate it typically shows classic apple and pear flavors, depending on where it is grown, with spicy or mineral notes.

Though it is increasingly fashionable, Falanghina isn't yet planted much outside Campania. There is a little in Puglia and Abruzzo, but as yet no international production. Falanghina is often blended with other indigenous Italian varieties, or produced as a sweet passito wine, but varietal expressions of this interesting grape are becoming more popular.