Adopt a Vine - Company: Cantina Perillo

TAURASI AREA - CASTELFRANCI (AV)

In the "Adopt a vine" package -> Bottles of Taurasi DOCG

We remind you that according to our philosophy, our Taurasi is released on the market 10 years after the harvest.

A brief history of the company "Cantina Perillo":

The history of the Perillo company is that of a family with a long winemaking tradition in Castelfranci, a small town in the Calore Valley and the production area of ​​Taurasi DOCG. For many years the Perillo family produced Aglianico grapes, transforming only a part of them, then in 1999 they decided to bottle and market with their own brand, focusing on the quality and recognizability of their wines.

The vineyards are all located in Castelfranci and partly in Montemarano, between the Calore river and the Picentini mountains, at about 500 meters above sea level: the climate is continental, with cold and often snowy winters and hot but never torrid summers, with significant night-time temperature variations. This means that the ripening of the grapes is extremely late but also very regular even in the most difficult years. In very hot harvests the temperature variations allow the aromas and acidity to be safeguarded, in rainy years the dry and ventilated climate avoids rot problems and it is possible to obtain equally concentrated grapes rich in sugars. Agronomic factors also have an impact on this aspect: the Perillo company can count on very old vines, some of which are grafted on ungrafted rootstock, which produce a very particular Aglianico, with sparse bunches and small grapes, which in the area is called "horsetail" due to its elongated shape. The soils are tenacious, rich in dark clay and calcareous components, the slopes are rather steep. The final result of these singular soil and climate conditions is the very low production yield: in some years the vineyards of the Perillo company do not produce more than 30 quintals of grapes per hectare. These are the raw materials that are used for the wines produced by the winery: Taurasi DOCG, Irpinia Campi Taurasini DOC and Irpinia Coda di Volpe DOC