Falerno del Massico

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Roccamonfina volcano (Italy's fourth largest by area, 450 km²): Campanian grey tufo (ignimbrite) widespread throughout Campania.
• The Carinola, Falciano, and Mondragone zone is sheltered from cold tramontana and maestrale winds by the Monte Massico mountain chain.

• Viticulture in the Ager Falernus has Greco-Mycenaean roots, was taken up by the Etruscans, and was developed over more than 500 years during the Roman era.
• Roman wine from this area was distinguished into three types (Caucinum, Faustianum, Falernum) according to altitude, and was traded in amphorae bearing a pittacium. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0249
• Official trade body site — VITICA - Consorzio Tutela Vini Caserta