Tenuta San Francesco
(Winery in Amalfi Coast)

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About Winery and Wines

For a wine connoisseur, few things in the Amalfi Coast are as magical as the first sight of the 300 years old pre-phylloxera Tintore vines at the Tenuta San Francesco. The trunks of these vines are almost a foot in diameter and they look like trees. Standing under them gives you a sense of history and tradition and awe of the beauty of nature when it is left undisturbed and allowed to reach its full maturity.

In Tramonti – a small village in the countryside of the Amalfi Coast- three historical families of farmers – Bove, D’Avino, and Giordano - founded the Tenuta San Francesco Winery in 2004. All of their vineyards are situated on steep-sloped terraced lands between 300 and 600 meters above sea level. The vineyards are planted in volcanic soil, have high-density plantings, and have very low yields – only 70-90 quintals per hectare. The heart of their farm is five hectares of pre-phylloxera Tintore and Piedirosso vines that are at least 100 years old that go to make the “Tramonti Rosso”, “4 Spine” and “E’ISS”. There are also five hectares of white grapes that make the “Tramonti Bianco” and “PerEva” including Falanghina, Biancolella, Ginestra, and Pepella.

The Tenuta San Francesco family makes a half dozen wines that are all excellent but the most special of them all is a wine made only from the Tintore grapes - local grape of the valley of Tramonti- called “E’ISS” which means “This is it”. The name comes from the fact that other wineries have begun to make Tintore wines from younger clones of the vines but this is the original Tintore wine from the 300 years old pre-phylloxera grapes.

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