Sabino Loffredo is a histrionic young vigneron from the south of Italy. He has taken over the family winery and turned his talents as gifted wine taster and dedicated wanderer, not to mention his technical skills, to making it one of the most extraordinary Italian wine businesses of recent years.
Pietracupa wines represent his style and his idea of the wine world. He is one of the most successful examples of how a small producer can produce great wines. Pietracupa is situated near Avellino, in the hinterland of the Campania region. It is a mountainous terrain that has little to do with the usual idea of southern Italy, but at the same time it reflects its sunny, open nature.
The limited production focuses on the grape varieties typical of the area: Fiano and Greco for the whites, and Aglianico for the red wines. The company‟s wines are like its owner. They tend towards the original but are able to speak faithfully of their land. Elegant, deep, and highly mineral, they are immediately good, and make a striking impression at first taste. However, they also have wonderful ageing potential and become magnificently complex in the bottle.
The incredibly witty Sabino Loffredo is the driving force behind the incredible wines of Pietracupa. The winery was established in 1993 with a sole purpose of putting the wines of Montefredane on the Italian wine map. Sabino knows that the „terra‟ of Montefredane could challenge the more established areas of Campania and produce the best wines of all.
The terroir of Montefredane is really particular. It produces white wines that are long-lived, persistent, fascinating and intriguing. The elevated 3 hectares of vineyards are planted to Fiano, Greco, Falanghina & Aglianico.
The soil in the vineyard contains a thin layer of clay and sand over a compact core of tufaceous rock, the legacy of the ancient volcanoes that made up the majority of inland Campania. The volcanic rock is responsible for the mineral and chalk elements that make up these incredibly pure, crystal clear wines.
In just a few years, Greco di Tufo was showing brilliantly and Gambero Rosso had this to say about it while awarding it Tre Bicchieri:
"Pietracupa Greco di Tufo is one of the greatest Italian white wines and one of the best in the world. It is an elegant wine with mineral rocky fragrances and a deep mouth feel, tasty, vibrant with a very long finish. Excellent accompaniment for pasta dishes, soups, medium ripe cheeses, white meat and grilled fish."
Tasting Notes & Reviews:
Pietracupa wines represent his style and his idea of the wine world. He is one of the most successful examples of how a small producer can produce great wines. Pietracupa is situated near Avellino, in the hinterland of the Campania region. It is a mountainous terrain that has little to do with the usual idea of southern Italy, but at the same time it reflects its sunny, open nature.
The limited production focuses on the grape varieties typical of the area: Fiano and Greco for the whites, and Aglianico for the red wines. The company‟s wines are like its owner. They tend towards the original but are able to speak faithfully of their land. Elegant, deep, and highly mineral, they are immediately good, and make a striking impression at first taste. However, they also have wonderful ageing potential and become magnificently complex in the bottle.
The incredibly witty Sabino Loffredo is the driving force behind the incredible wines of Pietracupa. The winery was established in 1993 with a sole purpose of putting the wines of Montefredane on the Italian wine map. Sabino knows that the „terra‟ of Montefredane could challenge the more established areas of Campania and produce the best wines of all.
The terroir of Montefredane is really particular. It produces white wines that are long-lived, persistent, fascinating and intriguing. The elevated 3 hectares of vineyards are planted to Fiano, Greco, Falanghina & Aglianico.
The soil in the vineyard contains a thin layer of clay and sand over a compact core of tufaceous rock, the legacy of the ancient volcanoes that made up the majority of inland Campania. The volcanic rock is responsible for the mineral and chalk elements that make up these incredibly pure, crystal clear wines.
In just a few years, Greco di Tufo was showing brilliantly and Gambero Rosso had this to say about it while awarding it Tre Bicchieri:
"Pietracupa Greco di Tufo is one of the greatest Italian white wines and one of the best in the world. It is an elegant wine with mineral rocky fragrances and a deep mouth feel, tasty, vibrant with a very long finish. Excellent accompaniment for pasta dishes, soups, medium ripe cheeses, white meat and grilled fish."
Tasting Notes & Reviews: