La Guardiense Coste Del Duca, Aglianico 2018 Campania

Aglianico 100%

A wine from the southern Italian province of Benevento. The vineyards have clay / limestone soils and are located in the central region, in Santa Lucia in Guardia Sanframondi.

Grapes are picked by hand. Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks, with an 18 day maceration period and pumping over. The wine is aged for 6 months in used Tronçais and Alliers Oak barrels.

La Guardiense is a farming and wine making co-operative. It was founded over 60 years ago by 33 local farmers. Today it has over 1,000 members, who are all small enterprises: the total land area farmed by the co-operative is only 1,500 hectares.