2/18/2024 0 Comments Villa matilde cecubo![]() The Villa Matilde winery lies at the foot of the Roccamonfina volcano, a few kilometres from Naples, and is known for being one of the wineries to have revived the famous divine Falerno cult wine. If you are going to Vinitaly, definitely stop by their stand, the wines are well worth the wait to try to get near the tables. Villa Matilde Aglianico Rocca dei Leoni is a single-variety Aglian red wine made in Campania by Villa Matilde. I remember drinking it in the middle of Vinitaly and wishing I could be tasting it at dinner rather than at a stand. It was a beautiful and elegant wine with spice and fine tannins on the palate. I also tried their Vigna Camarato 2007 pictured below, also a blend. The wine in the picture Cecubo is made from 80% Aglianico and 20% Piedirosso and is made without using sulfites. In addition to the Falerno Bianco, made from Falanghina and the Falerno Rosso, made from Aglianico and Piedirosso, they make a host of really interesting, intense and opulent wines that I thoroughly enjoyed. Apparently, their father set out to recreate wines that were drunk in antiquity, Falernum, in the Monte Massico area. I have met the members of the family during Vinitaly and they are all quite passionate about their wines and the history behind them. I first wrote about them at the beginning of my indigenous grape variety series in 2009. I was first introduced to Villa Matilde at a Vinitaly tasting some years ago. When not writing about Women in Wine, I will be dedicating Fridays to following up on posts that are long overdue. tasting notes, market data, prices and stores in Europe. Stores and prices for 2005 Villa Matilde Cecubo Roccamon. Roccamonfina IGT is one of several IGT wine appellations of Campania, southern Italy. Often I taste wines in on occasion or another, write copious notes and plan my posts about them only to let 12 months go by before I actually end up writing anything, hence the title, follow-up Fridays. Users have rated this wine 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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