Where is Azienda Agricola Serracavallo located?

The estate is in Contrada Serracavallo, just above the town of Bisignano in the province of Cosenza, in northern Calabria. It is around 35 km north of Cosenza city, on the road from Bisignano to Acri. The vineyards sit at roughly 600 metres above sea level, on granite ridges overlooking the Crati Valley.

Which grapes does Serracavallo grow?

Native Calabrian grapes anchor the planting: Magliocco Dolce, Pecorello and Brezio. Greco Bianco joins them, along with the international varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Riesling. Each was chosen for how well it ripens at the estate's altitude.

Can you visit the winery and book a tasting?

Yes. The Dal Campo al Bicchiere visit combines a vineyard walk, the cellar and a tasting of three estate wines. It lasts 90 minutes and costs EUR 15 per person. The extended Extra version includes six wines, runs around two hours and costs EUR 25. Programmed visits happen on Friday mornings between 10:30 and 13:00, and on request outside those hours. Booking is required for both.

Does Serracavallo offer accommodation or a restaurant?

Yes to both. La Foresteria di Serracavallo is the on-site guesthouse, with five rooms and twelve beds in the restored country buildings. The Sette Bocconi tasting lunch is served by reservation for groups of 18 to 34 guests, at EUR 45 per person, with one course paired to each wine.

What is the flagship wine of Serracavallo?

Terraccia, the aged red built on Magliocco Dolce, is the calling card. The 2021 vintage won the Grande Medaille d'Or at the 2024 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. Filovento is the white flagship.

Which DOP or IGP designations cover Serracavallo's wines?

Serracavallo joined the DOP Terre di Cosenza with the 2012 vintage. Wines made outside those rules are bottled as Calabria IGP. Every wine in the range carries one of those two names.

Azienda Agricola Serracavallo

Azienda Agricola Serracavallo farms high ground above Bisignano in northern Calabria. Its vines sit at nearly 600 metres, looking down over the Crati Valley, on soil of granite and sand. The estate belongs to Demetrio Stancati and his family. Native Calabrian grapes lead the planting: Magliocco Dolce for the reds and Pecorello for the whites, with a few international varieties beside them. About 42 football pitches of vineyard fall inside the Terre di Cosenza DOP. The top reds age underground, in a cellar of French oak barrels built into the slope.

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Vineyards of Azienda Agricola Serracavallo above the Crati Valley near Bisignano, Calabria

About Azienda Agricola Serracavallo

The Stancati family's wine story starts in the 1930s with Demetrio's grandfather, a doctor with a passion for winemaking, who worked these slopes first. Demetrio picked up where he left off. Since 1995 he has rebuilt the vineyard plot by plot. He kept the grapes that had always grown on the property, Magliocco Dolce, Pecorello and Brezio, and replanted them from his best vines. International varieties went in only where they ripen well at this height.

The name Serracavallo is older than the vineyard. The site once served the Sanseverino princes as a stud farm for the White Chinea, the local horse sent to Rome as a tribute to the Pope. Today the estate covers about 70 football pitches of land, with restored country houses, farmhouses and old workshops among the vines. The vineyards sit on granite ridges between Bisignano and Acri, around 35 kilometres north of Cosenza.

At 600 metres the days are warm and the nights cold. That swing keeps the whites fresh and aromatic: Pecorello, Greco Bianco, Chardonnay and Riesling. It also tightens the structure of the reds, where Magliocco Dolce works alongside Cabernet Sauvignon. Vines are trained to guyot and picked by hand in several passes, so only fully ripe bunches reach the cellar.

The cellar was rebuilt in 2008 and runs on steel tanks with controlled temperatures. Beneath it, an underground room holds the French oak barriques and tonneaux where the top reds age. Terraccia, the aged red, and the white Filovento lead the range. Terraccia 2021 won the Grande Medaille d'Or at the 2024 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. The estate fills around 150,000 bottles a year, all as Terre di Cosenza DOP or Calabria IGP.

This is a working farm, not a single crop. Around the vines grow olive groves covering about 14 football pitches, planted with Carolea and Dolce di Rossano, plus the Calabrian fico dottato fig. Guests can stay at La Foresteria di Serracavallo, the on-site guesthouse, with five rooms and twelve beds in the restored buildings. The Dal Campo al Bicchiere visit walks the vineyard and the cellar in 90 minutes, ending with a tasting. A longer six-wine version is there for those who want more. Groups can book the Sette Bocconi lunch, one course paired with each wine. Visits run in Italian, French and English.

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The estate is in Contrada Serracavallo, just above the town of Bisignano in the province of Cosenza, in northern Calabria. It is around 35 km north of Cosenza city, on the road from Bisignano to Acri. The vineyards sit at roughly 600 metres above sea level, on granite ridges overlooking the Crati Valley.
Native Calabrian grapes anchor the planting: Magliocco Dolce, Pecorello and Brezio. Greco Bianco joins them, along with the international varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Riesling. Each was chosen for how well it ripens at the estate's altitude.
Yes. The Dal Campo al Bicchiere visit combines a vineyard walk, the cellar and a tasting of three estate wines. It lasts 90 minutes and costs EUR 15 per person. The extended Extra version includes six wines, runs around two hours and costs EUR 25. Programmed visits happen on Friday mornings between 10:30 and 13:00, and on request outside those hours. Booking is required for both.
Yes to both. La Foresteria di Serracavallo is the on-site guesthouse, with five rooms and twelve beds in the restored country buildings. The Sette Bocconi tasting lunch is served by reservation for groups of 18 to 34 guests, at EUR 45 per person, with one course paired to each wine.
Terraccia, the aged red built on Magliocco Dolce, is the calling card. The 2021 vintage won the Grande Medaille d'Or at the 2024 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. Filovento is the white flagship.
Serracavallo joined the DOP Terre di Cosenza with the 2012 vintage. Wines made outside those rules are bottled as Calabria IGP. Every wine in the range carries one of those two names.

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