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About Winery and Wines
Il Cortiglio is a wine and olive farm which, out of love for the land, operates aiming at environmental sustainability. The care of the vineyards, the green choices, the innovative methods of organic cultivation and the attention in the transformation processes, contribute together to the description of the company values. The link between the Irpinia area and the Il Cortiglio company has distant roots, spanning centuries of history. It is the story of a family that has built its identity to protect its properties and territorial characteristics. Between the 1700s and 1800s, Francesco Petrone was already producing oil and wine in the castle cellars. Today, the heir Francesco Acampora, and his wife Nadijara, take care of the same lands and family properties, safeguarding the history of an ancient agricultural world and the territory.
We produce wines with grapes coming exclusively from our farm crops which are all found in the municipality of Fontanarosa and this allows us to keep them under control during the year. We manage all the production stages from the field to the consumer in the company and we grow all the raw materials organically. Production is limited and the quantities of product available vary from year to year according to the climatic conditions and the characteristics of the vintage.
Aglianico di Taurasi vineyard: Planted in 2008 in the Fosso Cavallo district, the Aglianico di Taurasi vineyard is located at about 600 meters above sea level. The soil is clayey-limestone and covered in snow in winter! From the grapes of this vineyard we produce rosé wine and red wines, from Aglianico (vinified only in steel) to Campi Taurasini and Taurasi DOCG which are aged in barrels, following the rules of the production disciplinary.
Falanghina vineyard: Our Falanghina vineyard is located at the highest point of the company properties at 700 meters above sea level in the municipality of Fontanarosa (AV) in the Fontana dell'Olmo district. The soil is of medium texture and the planting was built in 2009. The wine produced here can be defined as mountain wine!
Fiano vineyard: It is located in the central body of the company in the Sianana district. It can be considered one of the most innovative vineyards in our area. Made with corten poles and inverted double Guyot training, the vineyard is also an experimental field of the Vitereszero innovation project carried out in collaboration with the University of Molise, whose mission is to create a system for the eco-sustainable cultivation of the vine, integrating innovative strategies in water and phytosanitary management.