Cantine Matrone ‘Spasso’ Rosso

Location: Italy, Campania

Winemaker: Andrea Matrone

Grapes: 25% Cancello (bio-type of Piedirosso, Pergola planted here and vigorous), 25% Cascaveglia (super-rare, with high degree of polyphenols from skins and pips, raging acidity, and a particular ‘inky’ note, that one often can find in Dolcetto), 25% Fosso (first vinification 2020 so stay-tuned), 25% Aglianicone (less color than Aglianico, more elegant, similar to the aromatic Coda di Volpe Rossa found also in Campania)

Winemkaing: Manual destemming and then foot-stomping of the grapes; fermentation lasts for 21 days, 4 on the skins in fiberglass tanks with very few punch downs. Wine goes through Malolactic fermentation spontaneously in November. 10 mg/L sulfur added at the end of the fermentation and 10 mg/L added at bottling.

From the Importer PortoVino: Since the 1700’s, the Matrone family has been cultivating vineyards on the southern slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Fast forward to this century, when Andrea Matrone and his cousin Francesco reappropriated their family’s original cantina and historic vineyard holdings that climb up the volcano. In fact, Strada Matrone is still today the main path to the crater.

Andrea’s experience as a local agronomist and enologist, combined with his contadino ethos, give wines of volcanic energy, and radiating minerality.