Cantine Re Manfredi

Cantina e Vini

Re Manfredi was established in 1998, in the heart of Aglianico del Vulture DOC wine country, just a few kilometres from Venosa, the little town famous as the birthplace of Latin poet Horace in 65 BC.A smart, welcoming farmhouse is the centre of the estate, which has 100 and more hectares of Guyot and spurred cordon-trained vines.

Next to the farm is the modern and dynamic cellar of Re Manfredi, a unique structure in the area that has a pressing line with selection of the grapes, new presses and vats in wood and steel and small containers that allow the separate vinification of the grapes from different vineyards in order to preserve their peculiarities. The new structure also boasts a vault where 1,600 bottles of historic vintages can be found, dating back to 1998.

The new underground barrel cellar at a depth of 7 meters houses around 200 barriques for refining the Aglianico as well as alternative containers such as amphorae, clayver and oeufs de Beaune containers used to test different winemaking techniques. The cellar is also equipped with a photovoltaic system for the self-production of sustainable solar energy.

Here, on the slopes of the volcano, Italy’s last harvest takes place in late autumn.
Re Manfredi… true-to-type, varietal, volcano wines. 

The entire property enjoys an ideal location in the Vulture foothills, where the vines grow in a very special microclimate.Almost all the vineyards are planted to Aglianico, the monarch of Vulture varieties: 30 hectares of 20-year-old Guyot-trained and 22 hectares of 10-year spurred cordon-trained vines, at 420 m asl in the municipality of Venosa. There are also smaller areas given over to white berries like Müller and Traminer Aromatico: 20 hectares of 5–10-year-old Guyot-trained and also at 420 m asl, at Pian di Camera in the municipality of Venosa

In the province of Potenza, in the town of Maschito, at 550 m asl, the Serpara vineyard covers about 6 hectares, of which 3 planted to vines over 40 years old.Selections for new vineyards are made here and these vines provide the grapes for the Masseria cru which bears its name.