Wine Description
Core it is a Campania IGT red wine made from 100% Aglianico grapes. It is produced in Sannio, in the province of Benevento and bottled at the Montevetrano Estate. The origin of the grapes has been valuated and searched for a long time and finally we found the ideal place in the Sannio area: a mature vineyard, dedicated to the cultivation of Aglianico as well as Greco and Fiano, in which the volcanic nature of the soil with the presence of tuff together with volcanic ash and limestone allow these grapes to express themselves with the highest quality. The wine has been followed by the enologist Riccardo Cotarella who has realized with knowledge an passion the idea of Silvia Imparato (as he did with the Montevetrano) of making a wine with the same quality as the Montevetrano, but typical of the territory. 
Winemaking:
Campania Aglianico IGT. Production area Guardia Sanframondi and Castelvenere (Benevento). 
Ground clay-limestone. 
First production year 2011. 
Grapes 100% Aglianico. 
Training system Double Guyot. 
Density of Strains from 2600 to 3500 per Ha. 
Vinification Long maceration of the skin. 
Alcoholic fermentation In stainless steel (15 days). 
Malolactic fermentation Done. 
Aging For 10 months, in new barriques of 225 litre. Oak from Nevers, Allier and Tronçais. 
Refinement In bottle for 4 months. 
Tasting notes
Intense and bright red ruby color with nuances of crispy red fruits, mineral, cocoa, rose, mint and green leaves. On the palate the wine has an ample and determined minerality with considerable structure, supported by fine tannins and a good acidity, with a long and persistent finish.  
About the Estate
Today Montevetrano is a 26 hectares estate about 5 of these are vineyards), in the Monti Picentini Regional Park, in southern Italy. The vineyards are in San Cipriano Picentino, in a former Bourbons’ estate at 100 meters above sea level, on the crest of a hill among oaks, chestnuts, hazelnut trees, citrus grove and olive trees, by the shadow of an ancient medieval castle. The boundaries are marked by blackberry bushes and old roses introduce to the rows in the “Horse vineyard”, near the ‘700 country house.