Winemaker Notes
The color is yellow with golden reflections. The perfume is intense and persistent. One can recognize in the nose the clear sensations of fruit, from green plum to the "Mast'Antuono" pear (a typical Campanian variety), finishing with decisive notes of balsamic of mint. One can immediately perceive in the tastes the broad acidity and the spicy minerality typical of the territory.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A spicy white with aromas of minerals, green apples, white pepper and citrus. Medium-bodied, it shows a zesty palate with vibrancy and savoriness. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
In the pretty bottle with ribbed glass, the Feudi di San Gregorio 2023 Greco di Tufo Riserva Cutizzi comes from a 10-hectare site with 30-year-old vines. This wine has now been upgraded to Riserva status. It shows pretty fruit, preserved lemon and quince all framed by delicately ashy or volcanic notes from mineral and sulfur-rich soils. It is entirely made in stainless steel with some contact and stirring of the lees.
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Vinous
The 2023 Greco di Tufo Riserva Cutizzi is more savory than sweet and slowly opens with a whiff of crushed rocks, lime zest and green apples. The palate is silken and deeply textural, with waves of ripe orchard fruit and honeyed inner florals swirling throughout. It finishes with excellent length, is lightly tannic and leaves a tinge of sour citrus that lingers impossibly. Fantastic today but will also excel through medium-term cellaring.
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Wine Enthusiast
The nose is a mix of fresh and cooked green and yellow apples, plus subtle citrus aromas of Meyer lemon and pink grapefruit, and hazelnuts and almonds for a nutty balance. The palate is lively with green apple, lime, salty stones and acid, but also has a waxy mouthfeel which is accentuated by a hazelnut cream finish.
A late-ripening, medium-bodied variety from Campania, Greco delivers a relatively high acidity and flaunts an invigorating mineral character alongside fresh citrus, stone fruitand herb flavors. Somm Secret—The name Tufo comes from the soft, volcanic rock found all over in the subsoil of the region where Greco thrives.
A winemaking renaissance is underfoot in Campania as more and more small, artisan and family-run wineries redefine their style with vineyard improvements and cellar upgrades. The region boasts a cool Mediterranean climate with extreme coastal, as well as high elevation mountain terroirs. It is cooler than one might expect in Campania; the region usually sees some of the last harvest dates in Italy.
Just south of Mount Vesuvio, the volcanic and sandy soils create aromatic and fresh reds based on Piedirosso and whites, made from Coda di Volpe and Falanghina. Both reds and whites go by the name, Lacryma Christi, meaning the "tears of Christ." South of Mount Vesuvio, along the Amalfi Coast, the white varieties of Falanghina and Biancolella make fresh, flirty, mineral-driven whites, and the red Piedirosso and Sciasinoso vines, which cling to steeply terraced coastlines, make snappy and ripe red wines.
Farther inland, as hills become mountains, the limestone soil of Irpinia supports the whites Fiano di Avellino, Falanghina and Greco di Tufo as well as the most-respected red of the south, Aglianico. Here the best and most age-worthy examples come from Taurasi.
Farther north and inland near the city of Benevento, the Taburno region also produces Aglianico of note—called Aglianico del Taburno—on alluvial soils. While not boasting the same heft as Taurasi, these are also reliable components of any cellar.