Farm Selvanova: Caiazzo called Taurasi
The directions are not "second star to the right" as Jackson sang, yet the Fattoria Selvanova is how to get to the island that there 'is. We are, incredibly enough, in our province of Caserta, torn and chaotic, but only see the hill vineyards, cypress trees, houses ordered, a landscape that leads us to think of the sweet green Tuscany or Umbria. Sure Castel Campagnano and Caiazzo (like other corners of the High Caserta) are recognized as an oasis of tranquility and well-being, but the effect of having traveled in time, overlooking the valley is understandable.
The company accepts that there is an organic farm of 50 hectares of which 15 are under vine, is a nice farm house is a very popular educational farm, which almost ten years has hosted crowds of school children of southern Lazio and Campania, led to the discovery here of the peasant and environmental values, in a tour of vineyards and olive groves, wine and oil production, including grazing and farming. In addition, the company owner, Anthony Good, decided to get involved in projects to protect the landscape and the training of local people for promoting social and economic development, establishing "Selvanova for social", an association soon became the foundation, which aims at safeguarding the environment.
Selvanova, however, is mainly a company that produces wine and get with these critical and commercial successes: they are wines on the ground that there has led the delegation members and friends of the FISAR Caserta (Italian Sommelier Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs) .
The group, led by the enthusiastic Iacone Carlo, played a full tour - accompanied by Royal Gennaro (winemaker of the company along with Guido Busatto) - from vineyard to cellar, from the cellar to the tasting room where they tasted wines available today.
Aglianico, the most famous vineyards of Campania, at the base of many regional wines, such as Taurasi or Falerno, has become the main pivot for the production of red wines: this vine, old, originally from Greece (hence the name), has, by Riccardo Cotarella (one of the world's largest wine makers), the particular "leave the land where it is cultivated understanding, being a wine of strong character who knows how to adapt to the circumstances" and "together with the Nero d'Avola (vine Sicilian) and Barbera (Piedmont) is that the list of varieties more typical of Italy. " And it is precisely these characteristics that the idea takes root an Aglianico Caiatine done with great care and attention of Irpinia, not to emulate a technical discipline, but to highlight a different landscape, to ennoble a terroir.
The gamble paid off: the first harvest of 2003 were followed for three red, Vignantica, silicate (also made with 15 percent Cabernet Sauvignon) and Selvanova awards of more guides Italian and international, this year's Gambero Rosso synthesizes the company does not miss a shot of Anthony Buono, whose decision to focus sull'Aglianico in Caiatine is rewarded by a set of labels very valuable for their integrity and definition tannic "until the last award last week at the London Wine Fair 2010 where the Vigna del Sasso 2007 (named for the British market of Vignantica) has won a bronze medal.
island that there is, indeed, that we can not seem to be, but fortunately there is, they produce a aglianico, even three wines from that grape, powerful but elegant, treated but not coy, but not typical provincial.
The company accepts that there is an organic farm of 50 hectares of which 15 are under vine, is a nice farm house is a very popular educational farm, which almost ten years has hosted crowds of school children of southern Lazio and Campania, led to the discovery here of the peasant and environmental values, in a tour of vineyards and olive groves, wine and oil production, including grazing and farming. In addition, the company owner, Anthony Good, decided to get involved in projects to protect the landscape and the training of local people for promoting social and economic development, establishing "Selvanova for social", an association soon became the foundation, which aims at safeguarding the environment.
Selvanova, however, is mainly a company that produces wine and get with these critical and commercial successes: they are wines on the ground that there has led the delegation members and friends of the FISAR Caserta (Italian Sommelier Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs) .
The group, led by the enthusiastic Iacone Carlo, played a full tour - accompanied by Royal Gennaro (winemaker of the company along with Guido Busatto) - from vineyard to cellar, from the cellar to the tasting room where they tasted wines available today.
Aglianico, the most famous vineyards of Campania, at the base of many regional wines, such as Taurasi or Falerno, has become the main pivot for the production of red wines: this vine, old, originally from Greece (hence the name), has, by Riccardo Cotarella (one of the world's largest wine makers), the particular "leave the land where it is cultivated understanding, being a wine of strong character who knows how to adapt to the circumstances" and "together with the Nero d'Avola (vine Sicilian) and Barbera (Piedmont) is that the list of varieties more typical of Italy. " And it is precisely these characteristics that the idea takes root an Aglianico Caiatine done with great care and attention of Irpinia, not to emulate a technical discipline, but to highlight a different landscape, to ennoble a terroir.
island that there is, indeed, that we can not seem to be, but fortunately there is, they produce a aglianico, even three wines from that grape, powerful but elegant, treated but not coy, but not typical provincial.
Alessandro Manna
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