Campania

Introduction

Campania, home to Naples and Mount Vesuvius, has one of the oldest continuous winemaking traditions in Italy, with roots stretching back to ancient Greek and Roman settlers over two thousand years ago. Today it produces some of southern Italy's most distinctive and age-worthy wines.

Terroir and Winemaking

The volcanic soils of Irpinia, in the province of Avellino, give Campania's white wines — Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo — a mineral intensity and aging potential rarely found elsewhere among Italian whites. Fiano develops honeyed, nutty complexity over a decade or more, while Greco offers higher acidity and stony, sulphurous character. Campania's flagship red, Taurasi, is made from Aglianico and requires extended aging, earning it the nickname "the Barolo of the South" for its structure and longevity. Falanghina rounds out the region's whites with a fresher, more immediately approachable style.