Winemaker Notes
The nose is intense and persistent with clear sensations of fruit. On the palate, broad acidity and spicy minerality, typical of a vine culitvated in Tufo. Immediately following, there are soft notes of balsamic.
Drink with fish, mozzarella and white meats.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A tight and fresh wine with aromas of lemon peel, lemon leaves, white pepper, pears, green apples and wax. Medium-bodied, it shows zesty acidity with a tight-knit structure and a savory, super-polished finish. A masterpiece of precision for this grape variety.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The unoaked Feudi di San Gregorio 2024 Greco di Tufo is a tonic and lively white that remains informal and immediate. There are easy layers of apple, stone fruit and crushed stone that add good depth and character. The Greco grape is one of the gems of southern Italian winemaking. This is an ample release of nearly half a million bottles.
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Wine Enthusiast
The nose is primarily apples and pears, but also has undertones of citrus blossom and toasted hazelnuts to round things out. The palate is again tree fruit and citrus over nuts–a consistent, subtle wine.
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.