Mustilli works ten hectares of native vines in the Sannio hills around Sant'Agata de' Goti, in the Benevento corner of inland Campania. Leonardo Mustilli bottled the first single-varietal Falanghina here in 1979, and his daughters Paola and Anna Chiara now run the estate from a 17th-century palazzo in the medieval town centre, with cellars carved into the tuff below.
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Twenty-five minute guided walk through the tuff cellars under Palazzo Mustilli, followed by a tasting of three I Classici wines: Falanghina, Greco, Piedirosso or Aglianico Sannio DOC. A plate of local cold cuts and cheeses can be added on request.
Book this experienceThree single-vineyard wines from the Sant'Agata de' Goti DOC: the Vigna Segreta Falanghina, Artus Piedirosso and Cesco di Nece Aglianico. The Cesco di Nece is aged in oak in the original underground cellars before bottling.
Book this experienceFour bedrooms and a suite inside the family's 17th-century palazzo in the medieval centre of Sant'Agata de' Goti. Frescoed ceilings, a panoramic terrace and a private breakfast included. The dimora is open from 1 April to 2 November.
Book this experienceTwenty-five minute guided walk through the tuff cellars under Palazzo Mustilli, followed by a tasting of three I Classici wines: Falanghina, Greco, Piedirosso or Aglianico Sannio DOC. A plate of local cold cuts and cheeses can be added on request.
Book this experienceThe Mustilli family has lived in Sant'Agata de' Goti since the early 14th century, having moved inland from Ravello on the Amalfi coast. The estate today is anchored to two adjacent townhouses in the medieval centre, Palazzo Mustilli and Palazzo Rainone, with vineyards across the surrounding hills of Sant'Agata and the neighbouring commune of Dugenta. The pivot from country wine to estate-bottled wine came with Leonardo Mustilli, who in 1979 produced what is widely cited as the first single-varietal Falanghina ever bottled. He spent the 1960s and 1970s replanting Falanghina, Greco, Piedirosso and Aglianico at a moment when Sannio growers were abandoning native vines for international varieties, and led the campaign that secured the Sant'Agata de' Goti DOC in 1993. He also helped launch the Movimento Turismo del Vino in Campania, hosting one of the first Cantine Aperte open-cellar weekends in 1992. Ten hectares of vineyard sit on volcanic soils with a tuff subsoil locally called tassone, marbled with clay and calcareous rock. The Mediterranean climate of inland Sannio runs warm by day and steep at night, with summer diurnal swings that can reach 15°C and give the whites a long growing season. Vines are managed under integrated pest control, and the estate is a member of FIVI, the Italian federation of independent winegrowers. Until 2001 every vintage was vinified in the historic cellars dug into the tuff fifteen metres below Palazzo Mustilli, where the temperature holds around 12°C all year. Today those three hundred square metres of underground galleries are reserved for the long oak ageing of Aglianico, including the Cesco di Nece Sant'Agata de' Goti DOC, while modern fermentation and bottling happen in a separate winemaking facility on Via Caudina. About 80,000 bottles leave the cellars each year. The estate is now run by Leonardo's wife Marilì and their daughters, Paola overseeing commerce and hospitality and Anna Chiara managing the vineyards and cellar. Visitors are received in the family palazzi for guided cellar tours and tastings of the three core ranges: I Classici (Falanghina, Greco, Piedirosso and Aglianico Sannio DOC), Le Selezioni (the Vigna Segreta Falanghina, Artus Piedirosso and Cesco di Nece Aglianico Sant'Agata de' Goti DOC) and the on-the-lees frizzanti Regina Isabella and Regina Sofia. A wine bar called Le Cantine di Mustilli serves traditional Sannio cooking under the same vaulted tuff arches, and a small bed and breakfast operates upstairs in the 17th-century Palazzo Rainone.
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