Sannio vineyard

An area that occupies first place in the Campania wine sector and where Falanghina and Aglianico take the lead.

Ten thousand hectares planted with vines, seven thousand nine hundred vintners, about one hundred bottling companies for more than one million hectoliters of wine produced, three designations of origin and one geographical indication for more than sixty types of wines, and a potential of one hundred million bottles. These are the salient features of the Sannio vineyard, which assign the Benevento province the first place in the wine sector of Campania (about 50 percent of the regional wine-growing area and wine production).

Important numbers for the Samnite territory, which besides being a land of wine is also a land of oil and gastronomic excellence (Pietraroja ham, Pietrelcina artichoke, Laticauda pecorino cheese, to name a few), bordering Irpinia to the south, Casertano to the west, Molise to the north and Puglia to the east. It is a landscape where the strong winemaking tradition is tangible with miles and miles of vine-covered hillsides, where in addition to Aglianico (makes up 28 percent of cultivation) and Falanghina (12 percent), there is a rich biodiversity of grape varieties such as Sommarello, Piedirosso, Sciascinoso, Agostinella, Cerreto, Coda di volpe, Grieco, Malvasia, Fiano, Passolara di San Bartolomeo, Olivella, Carminiello, Palombina and Moscato di Baselice. 

Against this backdrop of grape heritage, which combine to enrich the production fabric, small and large wineries and cooperatives produce wines that tour the world, divulging the territory and history of this land, characterized by cultures that have succeeded one another over time, such as the long Longobard domination that indelibly designed the local landscape.

For those arriving for the first time in Sannio, the majestic silhouette of the Taburno massif strikes the eye as it intersects with the Matese Mountains, the castle and village of Guardia Sanframondi and that of Sant'Agata de' Goti, and the countless Regional Natural Parks. 

Talking about the wines of Sannio means mentioning Falanghina, a symbolic wine of the territory, a transversal vine with great aging potential, and then Aglianico del Taburno, of the bitter biotype, the most widespread one, which gives austere wines that only with time reveal elegance and complexity. 

This was followed by a tasting of four Falanghina del Sannio Doc and four Aglianico del Taburno Docg. Click on the names to open the tabs.

• Falanghina del Sannio Svelato 2020 Terre Stregate
• Falanghina del Sannio Fois 2018 Cautiero
• Falanghina del Sannio Sant’Agata dei Goti Vigna Segreta 2021 Mustilli 
• Falanghina del Sannio Anima Lavica 2022 Janare La Guardiense
• Aglianico del Taburno Pontius 2018 Nifo Sarrapochiello 
• Aglianico del Taburno Riserva Vigna Cataratte 2018 Fontavecchia
• Aglianico del Taburno Safinos 2016 Il Poggio
• Aglianico del Taburno Riserva Spartiviento 2018 Cantine Tora

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