Calidio Rosso del Molise, Campi Valerio (75cl)

Molise is an another region, together with Abruzzo and Marche, where the Montepulciano grape has found its own home.

Made with 100% Montepulciano from grapes grown on the hills facing the Adriatic sea, this is a bold red wine, a wine with a nose with floral notes and black fruit, on the palate is dry, lively and crunchy tannins. Perfect for tomato based pasta, meatballs or salami pizza.

Campi Valerio is a relatively young company, despite the fact that viticulture and wine date back to the 17th century, long before the current ownership. Campi Valerio, through the recovery of small vineyards, are bringing back into life a land that despite its rich history had been abandoned. Molise is little known region full of surprises and history and the vineyards are in the heart of the Pentro area, a couple of decades ago granted the DOC status, an extraordinarily uncontaminated territory producing unique wines, wines slow to mature. Molise is also the Volturno river, the longest river of southern Italy, that provide a unique microclimate for the vineyards and a mountain, influencing and protecting the vineyards. Campi Valerio is a family owned winery growing native grapes, from Tintilia to the now adopted Falanghina and Montepulciano and due to the several small vineyards constituting the estate, like experimenting and creating wines were the terroir is the most distinctive element.