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| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2024 (based on 16 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 6/17/2023 & rated 89 points: Sea spray, salinity, lemon juice, ripe white peach, ripe melon on the nose. The palate adds some lees influence - autolytic yeast and fresh baked bread flavors; while keeping everything else from the nose. Finishes with a spicy bitter flavor - think of white pepper followed by some kind of bitterness. Great intensity of both flavors and aromas, the flavors are a touch more intense.
Medium + body, medium acid. This is not the most complex Falanghina around; but extremely enjoyable. Great with halibut tacos. (212 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 5/28/2022: Funny, and maybe I didn't pay enough attention. Thought it was good Falanghina but didn't thrill me in any direction, although Villa Matilde usually takes me further afield. (543 views) |
| By Eric Guido
Vinous, Wines from Italy’s Volcanic Arc: Campania (Jan 2022) (1/1/2022)
(Villa Matilde Falanghina Rocca dei Leoni White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Villa Matilde Producer websiteFalanghina : Thought to be a key component in Falernum, treasured wine of the Roman Empire, the Falanghina grape is one of Italy's oldest. It is pronounced "Fah-Lahn-Gee'-Nah." Falanghina is an ancient species of grape that was already familiar to the Samnites and Romans who prized it and also called it Falernina, due to its diffusion throughout the "Falernus Ager." It was probably Roman merchants who brought this grape from Greece to Italy, spreading its cultivation throughout the centre and South. It owes its Latin name to the word "phalange," namely "tied to the pole," describing the ancient system of cultivation used to make the vines grow. Firm reports on the vine are more recent and date back to 1825, when Falanghina was mentioned in a treaty as being one of the best Samnite-origin grape species. Later on, in the thirties, a group of oenologists were to crown Falanghina as one of the best Italian grape species, to the extent that they recommended its diffusion in order to improve production in the South's main wine producing areas. Today, Falanghina is experiencing a moment of renewed success thanks to a policy of rediscovery and enhancement of historical and regional grape species.
: Falanghina is currently widespread throughout Campania, where it is used for making the eponymous wine and in many DOC wines (Denominazione di Origine Controllata -Controlled Denomination of Origin) both in its pure form (such as the Campi Flegrei Falanghina, Sant'Agata dei Goti Falanghina and Taburno Falanghina wines), as well as together with other white grapes (such as for Capri white wines, Costa d'Amalfi white and Falerno del Massico white wine). Its ideal habitat is on the island of Procida in the Campi Flegrei area and in the Sannio.
: The vine matures in the second half of September and is generally harvested at the start of October. It is averagely productive, vigorous, not particularly homogenous and requires a warm and dry climate. It has a robust stump with medium-length vine shoots that are rather weak and not very ramous, whilst the leaf is average size, trifoliate and cuneiform, almost whole, with a light-green color and a downy underside. The bunch is long, like a truncated cone, averagely compact and alated; the seeds are small and spherical, grey-yellow in colour with a thick and often pruinose skin, and the crunchy flesh is sweet and sharp. ( www.pillawine.com)Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorCampania Region Website (ItalianMade.com)
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