Falanghina del Sannio

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory is characterised by hilly and mountainous relief with elevations ranging from 200 to 650 metres above sea level, interspersed with karst depressions with flat valley floors.
• The lithological formations on which the soils develop are Mesozoic–Tertiary carbonate sediments such as dolomites, dolomitic limestones, and limestones, together with Tertiary terrigenous sediments and Quaternary clastic and pyroclastic sediments.
• The soils of the area are typical Regosols, with a predominant substrate of soft rocks such as sandstones, clays, and calcarenites, and display a surface horizon of generally crumb-like structure.
• The climate features sheltered, well-exposed valley floors with annual rainfall of around 1,000 mm, while at higher elevations rainfall may reach up to 1,400 mm per year, with colder winters.
• The production zone encompasses the entire administrative territory of the province of Benevento, with the option of citing the sub-zones Guardia Sanframondi or Guardiolo, Sant'Agata dei Goti, Solopaca, and Taburno.

• The producer Leonardo Mustilli rediscovered Falanghina in the 1970s — an indigenous white-berried variety that was then little known and scarcely cultivated — vinifying it as a single-variety wine for the first time.
• Viticulture in the province of Benevento has ancient roots dating back to the second century BC, as attested by finds and studies carried out in the territory.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0248
• Official trade body site — Sannio Consorzio Tutela Vini