D.O.C. WINES OF THE SANNIO PROVINCE

The area in which these wines are produced extends to the whole territory of ancient Samnium (Sannio in Italian), the land of the Samnites, a pre-Roman people of great history and tradition.
This is a hilly area in the heart of Campania where the best land has always been used for growing grapevines. The climatic conditions here are ideal for the ripening of grapes.
Pliny, Columella, Cato and Horace have written on the excellence of the wines produced in Samnium, some of which they praised for their "slightly smoky aroma" and others for their "intense resinous scent."Nowadays, contemporary Samnite winegrowers skillfully produce high quality grapes that are then transformed into great wines in state-of-the-art wineries. To preserve the quality of the wines, only grapes from the best lands, and not those grown in the humid vineyards located in valley floors, can be used in their production. Strict rules also govern the intensity of cultivation and discourage straining methods.
Honoring the region’s ancient winemaking tradition, the D.O.C. regulations for the Sannio not only leave ample room for the production of wines obtained from the historical grapevines of Samnium (Aglianico, Coda di Volpe, Falanghina, Fiano, Greco, Moscato, Piedirosso and Sciascinoso). They also allow the production of a modern wine using a blend of two ancient local grape varieties (Greco and Falanghina) that are vinified through the relatively recent technique of second fermentation in the bottle with remuage, d gorgement, and the resting of the wine in the spent yeast for at least a year. The result is a Spumante Metodo Classico of great character that deserves to be tasted.