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
Coda di Volpe, a grape already mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his “Naturalis Historia” with the name of “Cauda Vulpium” for its bunch which when fully ripe takes on the shape of the fox's tail.
Color: straw yellow with bright green-gold reflections. Bouquet: complex and intense with hints of apple, peach and citrus. Taste: with a natural persistence of taste, it is distinguished by its particular finesse and balance.
Greco is a grape so called because it was brought to southern Italy by the Pelasgians of Thessaly in the 8th century BC. It is also called “aminea gemina” due to the twin shape of the small bunches.
Fiano, a grape called “Vitis Apiana” by the Latins because bees are particularly fond of the sweetness of this grape.
Wine of good aromatic complexity, powerful, fine, and of great freshness and minerality. On the nose there are mineral notes, white flowers, peach. In the mouth it is fresh, savory, white flowers and fruit return. We are looking for the maximum expression of the calcareous and alluvial soil from...
Falanghina from the Greek-Latin term "Falango", that is "Palo", as the characteristic of Campania viticulture is that of the "Vine tied to the pole", or always from the Greek-Latin term "Falange", giving it the meaning of "Falange" ”Of the finger to which you would like the grape to resemble.
From Pecorello grapes, an ancient native Calabrian vine to be rediscovered and valorised. For us, Ippolito is proud of passionate research.