Nativ

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• Where is Nativ? add remove
  Nativ is in Irpinia, the hill country of Avellino province in Campania, east of Naples. The registered office is at Grottaminarda. Visits take place at the San Quirico winery near Paternopoli, in the Taurasi hills, which is where the map pin on this page points.
• Can you visit Nativ? add remove
  Yes. The winery sells two tastings on its own website: the Inchiostro Brunch Tasting at 11:00 (75 minutes, three wines, EUR 30 a head) and the Eremo Lunch Tasting at 13:00 (100 minutes, four wines, EUR 70 a head). Both include a walk through the cellar, Irpinian finger food and the estate's own olive oil. They run in Italian or English and need a group of at least four adults.
• What wines does Nativ make? add remove
  Reds from Aglianico: Rue 333 Taurasi DOCG, Blu Onice Irpinia Aglianico DOC and Eremo San Quirico Irpinia Campi Taurasini DOC, the flagship. Whites: Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Greco di Tufo DOCG (25 Rare and Vico dell'Amore) and Falanghina. There is also the Suadens range of Campania IGT wines (red, white and rosé), sparkling wines and a sweet white called Petit Sucrè.
• Who founded Nativ? add remove
  Winemaker Mario Ercolino and his wife Roberta Pirone founded Nativ in 2008. The next generation of the family is now involved in the business as well.
• Is Nativ organic or sustainable? add remove
  Nativ holds Equalitas certification, an Italian sustainability standard for wine, which audits environmental, social and economic practice. It measures its carbon and water footprint and publishes a sustainability report each year. The winery does not state an organic certification.
• How old are Nativ's vines? add remove
  Some are up to 200 years old. They grow in pockets of Irpinia that the phylloxera louse never reached, and they give concentrated, complex wines. The flagship Eremo San Quirico comes from a small, very old plot at Taurasi.