Cantine del Notaio sits in Rionero in Vulture, on the slopes of the extinct Mount Vulture volcano in Basilicata. The Giuratrabocchetti family estate was founded in 1998 around a single conviction: that Aglianico, planted in volcanic tufo and aged in 17th-century cave cellars, deserves a producer wholly devoted to it. Forty hectares of vineyard now feed a range that runs from the flagship Aglianico del Vulture La Firma to méthode classique sparklers and the Moscato passito L'Autentica.
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Guided walk through the estate's 17th-century tufo grottoes, the active French-oak barrel cellar and the méthode classique pupitre rooms, followed by a seated tasting of the Aglianico-led range upstairs. Open Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 20:00, plus Sunday morning. Children under 18 are not admitted to the cellar; the upstairs tasting hall is wheelchair accessible.
Book this experienceGuided walk through the estate's 17th-century tufo grottoes, the active French-oak barrel cellar and the méthode classique pupitre rooms, followed by a seated tasting of the Aglianico-led range upstairs. Open Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 20:00, plus Sunday morning. Children under 18 are not admitted to the cellar; the upstairs tasting hall is wheelchair accessible.
Book this experienceThe estate's name honours Gerardo Giuratrabocchetti's father, a notary public in Rionero, while the land came from his grandfather, also a Gerardo, who left the family vineyards as his legacy. Cantine del Notaio was founded on 5 October 1998, the day of Gerardo's fortieth birthday, with his wife Marcella Libutti. From the first vintage they have worked alongside Luigi Moio, professor of enology at the University of Naples Federico II, as consulting winemaker.
Forty hectares of vineyard sit across five Mount Vulture villages: Rionero, Barile, Ripacandida, Maschito and Ginestra. Surface soils vary from sand to volcanic residue to clay, but every plot shares a deep layer of volcanic tufo that releases stored water through dry summers. Harvest runs from mid-October to mid-November, among the latest in southern Italy. Some Aglianico parcels in the Casano vineyard at Maschito were planted in the 1960s.
Ageing takes place in cave cellars carved out of tufo rock around 1600, repurposed by the family for French oak barriques. A second set of grottoes houses the pupitres for two méthode classique sparklers, La Stipula Bianca and the Brut rosé. The reds are anchored by the flagship Aglianico del Vulture La Firma, alongside Il Sigillo, Il Repertorio and the rosé Il Rogito; the late-harvest Moscato passito L'Autentica completes the range.
Vineyard work follows integrated-production protocols certified to SQNPI, the Italian national sustainable-viticulture standard. The cellar holds ISO 14001 environmental certification and BRC food-safety certification, and the company has signed the UNI/PdR 125:2022 framework for workplace gender equality. Founder Gerardo Giuratrabocchetti has chaired the Qui Vulture promotional consortium since 2003 and sits on the administrative committee of the Aglianico del Vulture protection consortium.
The estate welcomes visitors at Via Roma 159 in Rionero in Vulture. A guided visit takes in the historic tufo grottoes, the active barrel cellar and a sit-down tasting upstairs, and is open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 20:00, plus Sunday morning. Children under eighteen are not admitted to the cellar; wheelchair users can join the tasting in the accessible hall.
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