The aglianico...

It is an ancient vine, probably originally from Greece and introduced in Italy around the VII-VI century BC. One of the many testimonies of its long history is the discovery of the remains of a Roman press in the area of Rionero in Vulture, province of Potenza. There are no certainties about the origins of the name, which could date back to the ancient city of Elea (Eleanico), on the Tyrrhenian coast of Campania, or simply be a distortion of the word Hellenic.

Historical-literary evidence on the presence of this vine can be found in Orazio, who sang the qualities of his native Venosa and its excellent wine.

According to others, the original name does not derive from Elleanico or Ellenico which then became Aglianico during the Aragonese domination during the fifteenth century, due to the double l pronounced in Spanish phonetic usage but from the suffix "anicus" which in Latin indicates belonging to something and from the term "llano" which in Spanish means plain, so that Aglianico is nothing more than the wine of the plain, in Roman times a non-quality wine and therefore defined as Latin ...

Its origins are, therefore, quite certain but its variants are, on the other hand, quite varied and mysterious ...

Amour and Passion, our two wines from Avellino, are the proof of this. They are wines born from the direct culture of this vine but they move away from it because they are processed with artisanal methods different from everything we have seen so far ...

Fermentation under the pressure of fruit tree leaves and volcanic lapilli ... hand filtering ... manual selection of grapes and stalks ... aging in chestnut and not oak barrels ...

All prerogatives that make them unique on the world scene !!!