Winery: Passo delle Tortore
Origin: Irpinia
Type of Soil: calcareous
Varietals: 100% Falanghina
Vessel Ageing: Stainless Steel and a part in new neutral oak.
Passo delle Tortore, a winery from Irpinia, originates from an idea of four young entrepreneurs from the south and a very young winemaker trained among the vines of "historic" France. The turtle doves, a symbol of love, family, and fidelity to the earth and to nature, have been the inhabitants of this area for many years.
From the flowering fields of wild thistles that invaded this hill was born "Piano del Cardo", the wine of Falanghina with a straw yellow color.
The grapes come from a small plot of high hills, in the Montefusco area. The fresh, tuffaceous soils characterize a wine of great structure, complexity, and marked minerality. The low yield per vine gives rise to a fresh, elegant white wine with notes of apricot jam, yellow peach, and cinnamon. After a few years, the bouquet becomes more complex, developing pleasant notes of ginger and elderflowers.