Greco di Tufo
13 cantine e 29 vini. North of Avellino, along the valley of the Sabato, eight communes make Greco di Tufo: Tufo, Altavilla Irpina, Chianche, Montefusco, Prata di Principato Ultra, Petruro Irpino, Santa Paolina and Torrioni — just 61.5 square kilometres, partly inside the Partenio park. The vines cling to clay, sand and limestone, even dolomite, between 300 and 650 metres. Continua a leggere ↓
Cantine che producono Greco di Tufo
Mastroberardino Taurasi · 32 vini6 Tre Bicchieri, l’ultimo nel 2014 · Radici Taurasi DOCG
Antonio CaggianoIrpinia · 12 vini2 Tre Bicchieri, l’ultimo nel 2015 · TAURASI - Vigna Macchia dei Goti DOCG
Salvatore MolettieriTaurasi · 7 vini4 Tre Bicchieri, l’ultimo nel 2013 · Taurasi Vigna Cinque Querce Riserva
DonnachiaraTaurasi · 15 vini5 Tre Bicchieri, l’ultimo nel 2025 · Taurasi DOCG
FonzoneIrpinia · 13 vini4 Tre Bicchieri, l’ultimo nel 2024 · Greco di Tufo DOCG
Guido MarsellaFiano di Avellino · 3 vini1 Tre Bicchieri 2012 · Fiano di Avellino DOCG
QuintodecimoIrpinia · 8 viniTerra D’Eclano
Terredora di PaoloTaurasi · 34 vini1 Tre Bicchieri 2014 · Taurasi Riserva Campore DOCGVesevoFiano di Avellino · 9 viniVesevo Fiano di Avellino DOCGLavaTaurasi · 8 viniLava Aglianico Campania IGTTenuta Pietrafusa4 viniDaltavilla Greco di Tufo DOCGAzienda Vitivinicola NardoneVini di Greco di Tufo
Greco di Tufo in breve
In the northern communes the subsoil is Pliocene conglomerate with sand and sandy clay; along the Sabato there are Messinian sandstones, silty marls and clays with lenses of gypsum and veins of sulphur; in the south, around Tufo, Altavilla and Prata, volcanic ash takes over. The sulphur shaped the area's history: when huge deposits were found at Tufo in the nineteenth century, the mineral spread across Irpinia and with it the practice of dusting the grapes with sulphur against disease, and vineyards multiplied.
The wine must be at least 85 per cent Greco, with Coda di Volpe making up the rest, from vertically trained vineyards cropped at no more than ten tonnes a hectare; there is also a sparkling version. The ampelographer Ferrante wrote in 1927 that he had no doubt Greco was the Aminea Gemella praised by Columella. Greco di Tufo became a DOC in 1970 and a DOCG in 2003.