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In a country that specialises in Co-Operatives, La Guardiense in Southern Italy’s Campania region are standout producers. With a thousand-strong membership, they also have chief scientist and oenologist Riccardo Cotarella in their ranks. Recently described by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate as “one of the most influential wine characters in the world”. While Italian whites can sometimes play 2nd fiddle to the regions reds, this wine gives you a reason to wonder why.
Winemaking >
Altitude: 250 masl / Vine Training System: Guyot / Plant Density: 4k vines per ha/ Age on vines: 10
Harvest: Second half of September/ Vinification: White vinification without oxygen, short cold-maceration
at 10 °c / Fermentation: In steel for 20 days at 13 °c / No Malolactic / Ageing in bottle /
Bottled in February after harvest
Falanghina
13.5
ITALY
6
Cork
La Guardiense
Vegan
Vegetarian 
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