ESTATES AND GRAPES
Our vineyards.
The farm’s vineyard area consists of three estates located in the heart of the D.O.C. Cirò: Mancuso, Feudo and Difesa Piana, for a total area of about 100 hectares. The training system adopted is mainly the horizontal spurred cordon, a small part is “alberello”.
The yields vary between 50 and 80 quintals per hectare, with a production per vine of 1-1.5 kg. The most important operations in the vineyard are carried out strictly by hand. The workings of the land are reduced to limit erosion and save biodiversity, all carried out with organic farming. The vines grown are only indigenous, true heritage of Calabria: Gaglioppo, Greco Bianco, Calabrese, Pecorello, Greco Nero and others ….
The farm’s vineyard area consists of three estates located in the heart of the D.O.C. Cirò: Mancuso, Feudo and Difesa Piana, for a total area of about 100 hectares. The training system adopted is mainly the horizontal spurred cordon, a small part is “alberello”.
The yields vary between 50 and 80 quintals per hectare, with a production per vine of 1-1.5 kg. The most important operations in the vineyard are carried out strictly by hand. The workings of the land are reduced to limit erosion and save biodiversity, all carried out with organic farming. The vines grown are only indigenous, true heritage of Calabria: Gaglioppo, Greco Bianco, Calabrese, Pecorello, Greco Nero and others ….
MANCUSO ESTATE
Area: Cirò.
Grape varieties: Gaglioppo and Calabrese.
Planted surface: 60 hectares.
Altitude: 300-350 mt a.s.l.
Planting year: 1972 old vines, 2005 young vines.
Farming should: organic.
Training system: alberello (old vines); espalier (new vines).
Spurring: 3 spurs with 2 gems each.
Density: 5.600 vines per hectare.
Soil composition: sandy on matrix structure limestone.
Exposure: Southern to North-Eastern.
Yeald per hectare: 4 t old vines; 7 t young vines.
FEUDO ESTATE
Area: Cirò Marina.
Grape varieties: Gaglioppo, Greco Nero, Pecorello and Greco Bianco.
Planted surface: 19 hectares.
Altitude: 10 mt asl.
Planted year: Greco Bianco 1997, Pecorello, Gaglioppo and Greco Nero 2016.
Farming should: organic.
Training system: espalier.
Spurring: 3 spurs with 2 gems each.
Density: 5.600 vines per hectare.
Soil composition: deep, alluvial, medium-textured; gravelly rich in skeleton a small part.
Exposure: flat.
Yeald per hectare: 7 t.
DIFESA PIANA ESTATE
Area: Cirò Marina.
Grape varieties: Pecorello and Greco Bianco.
Planted surface: 11 hectares.
Altitude: 5/10 mt asl.
Planted year: 2005.
Farming should: organic.
Training system: espalier.
Spurring: 3 spurs with 2 gems each.
Density: 5.600 vines per hectare.
Soil composition: sandy loam.
Exposure: flat.
Yeald per hectare: 8 t.
MANCUSO ESTATE
Area: Cirò.
Grape varieties: Gaglioppo and Calabrese.
Planted surface: 60 hectares.
Altitude: 300-350 mt a.s.l.
Planting year: 1972 old vines, 2005 young vines.
Farming should: organic.
Training system: alberello (old vines); espalier (new vines).
Spurring: 3 spurs with 2 gems each.
Density: 5.600 vines per hectare.
Soil composition: sandy on matrix structure limestone.
Exposure: Southern to North-Eastern.
Harvest period: first decade of October.
Yeald per hectare: 4 t old vines; 7 t young vines.
FEUDO ESTATE
Area: Cirò Marina.
Grape varieties: Gaglioppo, Greco Nero, Pecorello and Greco Bianco.
Planted surface: 19 hectares.
Altitude: 10 mt asl.
Planted year: Greco Bianco 1997, Pecorello, Gaglioppo and Greco Nero 2016.
Farming should: organic.
Training system: espalier.
Spurring: 3 spurs with 2 gems each.
Density: 5.600 vines per hectare.
Soil composition: deep, alluvial, medium-textured; gravelly rich in skeleton a small part.
Exposure: flat.
Yeald per hectare: 7 t.
DIFESA PIANA ESTATE
Area: Cirò Marina.
Grape varieties: Pecorello and Greco Bianco.
Planted surface: 11 hectares.
Altitude: 5/10 mt asl.
Planted year: 2005.
Farming should: organic.
Training system: espalier.
Spurring: 3 spurs with 2 gems each.
Density: 5.600 vines per hectare.
Soil composition: sandy loam.
Exposure: flat.
Yeald per hectare: 8 t.
OUR GRAPES
We grow only native vines in our vineyards. We have gained the awareness that only in this way can we tell the story of this corner of Calabria.
GAGLIOPPO
It is the most cultivated autochthonous cultivar in Calabria. In the wine-growing area of Cirò, by far the most extensive and where Gaglioppo was mentioned at the end of the 1700s, it is the main black grape variety but it is present almost everywhere in the region, although more widespread on the Ionian side. It is a medium-late ripening vine (in the third decade of September – first decade of October).
The wines are elegant, fine, medium tannic, medium-bodied.
CALABRESE
Inserted in the National Register of Vine Varieties under the name of Calabrese, it is one of the main Sicilian vines, always present also in Calabria, with particular concentration on the Ionian coast in the territory of Reggio Calabria, exactly in Bivongi. It is a medium-ripening vine (in the second decade of September).
It gives life to perfumed wines, with good coloration, sapid, full-bodied, medium tannic.
GRECO BIANCO
As the basis of Cirò bianco, it is one of the main native Calabrian white grape varieties. It is mainly cultivated along the Ionian coast (in addition to Cirotano, in Locride and in Bivongio). It is a medium-late ripening vine (in the third decade of September).
It gives life to fresh, medium-perfumed, Mediterranean wines that are easy to drink.
PECORELLO
Pecorello is moderately cultivated in Calabria, in particular in the area of Donnici (Rogliano Calabro). In this area, Pecorello is already listed at the end of the 19th century among white wine grapes. The presence of this cultivar outside the region is not known. A few years ago there has been a massive resurgence in the Cirò area. It is a medium-ripening vine (in the first and second decade of September).
From Pecorello you get elegant white wines, fine, salty minerality with good freshness and acidity.
GAGLIOPPO
It is the most cultivated autochthonous cultivar in Calabria. In the wine-growing area of Cirò, by far the most extensive and where Gaglioppo was mentioned at the end of the 1700s, it is the main black grape variety but it is present almost everywhere in the region, although more widespread on the Ionian side. It is a medium-late ripening vine (in the third decade of September – first decade of October).
The wines are elegant, fine, medium tannic, medium-bodied.
CALABRESE
Inserted in the National Register of Vine Varieties under the name of Calabrese, it is one of the main Sicilian vines, always present also in Calabria, with particular concentration on the Ionian coast in the territory of Reggio Calabria, exactly in Bivongi. It is a medium-ripening vine (in the second decade of September).
It gives life to perfumed wines, with good coloration, sapid, full-bodied, medium tannic.
GRECO BIANCO
As the basis of Cirò bianco, it is one of the main native Calabrian white grape varieties. It is mainly cultivated along the Ionian coast (in addition to Cirotano, in Locride and in Bivongio). It is a medium-late ripening vine (in the third decade of September).
It gives life to fresh, medium-perfumed, Mediterranean wines that are easy to drink.