Mare Chiaro Cirò Bianco DOC
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Obtained from the best Greco Bianco, a thousand-year-old Calabrian vine, grown close to the Ionian Sea. A tribute to our wonderful sea of Cirò
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Obtained from the best Greco Bianco, a thousand-year-old Calabrian vine, grown close to the Ionian Sea. A tribute to our wonderful sea of Cirò
Brilliant gold with very lively reflections with a fine, elegant and very persistent perlage. Intense, sumptuous, elegant. It releases great complexity and intensity: white and yellow flowers, ripe and tropical fruit, pineapple, peaches, mango, hints of acacia, lily, sage and chamomile with some...
From this ancient vine dear to the Popes, which was cultivated in Italy as early as 200 BC with the name of Apicia, Apicius or Apianae - according to Colummella and the other Georgics, a sweet wine with a Moscato flavor was obtained.
From Pecorello grapes, an ancient native Calabrian vine to be rediscovered and valorised. For us, Ippolito is proud of passionate research.
The origin of this vine seems to be Spain from which it would have spread to the northern Tyrrhenian coasts where it is still widely cultivated today.
Brilliant straw yellow with evident golden reflections. Elegant structure and depth, with intense notes of white flowers and ripe fruit, followed by heady vanilla. Great structure and persuasive opulence, engaging, penetrating and very persistent.