LA VOLTA

La Volta is the white wine of Campania Felix — and in the context of a biodynamic estate on the lavic soils of the Matese that has built its reputation on powerful red wines, it is a wine of particular delicacy and surprise. Made from the golden clusters of the Pallagrello Bianco grape, it is the white counterpart to Il Tempo's red: a wine of the same philosophy, the same terracotta amphorae ageing, the same unfiltered commitment to natural expression, applied to a variety of entirely different character.

The Pallagrello Bianco is the white companion of the Pallagrello Nero — a grape whose historical significance in the Matese territory is equally ancient, equally connected to the Bourbon court tradition of the Kingdom of Naples, and equally capable of producing wines of genuine distinction. On the biodynamic estate of Campania Felix, between Vesuvius and Roccamonfina on volcanic soils rich in clay and lavic elements, the Pallagrello Bianco develops an aromatic profile of unusual specificity.

On the nose, La Volta suggests it grew among clumps of mint and chamomile, hawthorn hedges and juniper, and citrus, pear, and apple trees — a description that captures both the botanical richness of the Matese landscape and the aromatic contribution of a grape that has absorbed the character of this specific volcanic territory over generations of cultivation. The fresh, mineral, and balanced taste is, in the estate's own poetic observation, a reminder that the sea once covered the Matese — a geological truth expressed as a sensory reality.

The wine ages six months in the estate's characteristic 7.5 hl clay terracotta amphorae and stainless-steel tanks, followed by two months in bottle — no cold stabilisation, unfiltered. This natural approach ensures that the wine's freshness and mineral character are preserved without the interventions that would simplify or standardise what is, in its best expression, a wine of genuine individuality.

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