Cantina dell’Angelo

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• Where is Cantina dell'Angelo located? add remove
  The estate is in Tufo, a village in the province of Avellino, in Campania's Irpinia hill country. The cellar is at Via Santa Lucia 32, 83010 Tufo. The vineyards climb the slope above the village.
• What wines does Cantina dell'Angelo produce? add remove
  Angelo Muto makes three wines, each from a single grape. There is a Greco di Tufo DOCG called Torrefavale and a longer-aged Riserva called Miniere. A small bottling of Coda di Volpe carries the del Nonno label. Around 20,000 bottles leave the cellar each year.
• Who is the winemaker at Cantina dell'Angelo? add remove
  Angelo Muto runs the estate. He is the third generation of his family to farm vines in Tufo, and he has bottled under the family label since the 2008 harvest. The consulting winemaker Luigi Sarno works alongside him; Sarno is also behind Cantina del Barone in nearby Cesinali.
• Is Cantina dell'Angelo organic? add remove
  The estate holds no organic certificate. Angelo Muto still farms without weedkillers or pesticides, and every vine is tended by hand. He describes the approach as the low-impact farming he learned from his father and grandfather.
• Why are the vineyards above old sulphur mines significant? add remove
  Miners worked the sulphur seams under the village from 1866 until the 1980s. The old workings leave threads of sulphur in the soil, alongside clay, limestone, chalk and quartz on volcanic tufo rock. That mix gives the estate's Greco di Tufo its salty, stony, tightly wound character.
• Can you visit Cantina dell'Angelo? add remove
  There is no structured tasting programme on the website. Visits and tastings are arranged directly with Angelo Muto, by phone on +39 338 4512965 or by email at [email protected]. Book in advance.