About Winery and Wines

In 1647, Scipione di Marzo fled his home town of San Paolo Belsito, located near the city of Nola. He settled in Tufo where he built his winery. Over the centuries, the di Marzo family became one of the largest landowners in the region. In 1866, Francesco di Marzo, while riding on his estate, saw some shepherds burning rocks to keep warm. While examining these rocks, he realised that they were burning the brimstone found on his land. With this discovery, the family started a large business extracting natural brimstone, essential for agriculture. The company supplied farmers in the region and employed up to 500 people until the early 1980s, when the mines were exhausted. Even today, the March processing plant remains a landmark of 19th century industrial architecture and is regularly visited by architecture students. Other family members continued to play a major role in the development of the region, many as MPs and prominent figures in the industrial scene.

The di Marzo estate has 20 hectares of properties located exclusively in the territory of Tufo and planted with Greco di Tufo and Aglianico grapes. The vineyards are all found in the highest and most sun-exposed areas of the Tufese territory; well ventilated and protected from excessive humidity generated by the Sabato river, they develop on an average height ranging from 320 to 400 mt a.s.l. Almost all our vines grow on clayey, sandy soils and calcareous rocks; clay palys a fundamental role in the life of plants, because of its ability to absorb water and gradually transfer it to the roots during summer drought. The presence of ashes and pumice of the Phlegraean eruptions (35000-10500 years ago) contributes to enrich te subsoil fo Tufo. Altitude, winds and the strong temperature changes that occur between day and night lead to a gradual maturation process, characterized by the concentration into the grapes’ skin of aromatic substances with intense and elegant aroma sas well as important quantities of acids fixed in the pulp. Furthermore, the average temperatures are strongly influenced by the numerous streams and woods that cover the Tufese hills and that contrast overheating, creating fresh hill breezes which prevent dangerous moulds.

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