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Di Majo Norante is the Molise winery best known outside Italy. It farms about 170 football pitches of vines across three estates. The land runs from the Adriatic coast at Campomarino to the inland slopes at Camarda. The Di Majo family has owned it since the 1800s, and Alessio Di Majo runs it today from the old cellars under the family house. The estate led the modern revival of Tintilia, a local black grape that had almost vanished. Its Don Luigi Riserva is the region's benchmark for aged Montepulciano.
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The estate has been in the Di Majo family since the nineteenth century. The old cellars are still in use beneath the family building in Campomarino. Alessio Di Majo runs it today, having taken over from his father Luigi. He built its name by selecting vines of native southern grapes rather than chasing international varieties. The land was once the fief of the Marquises Norante di Santa Cristina. The double-barrelled name keeps that older link alive.
Three vineyard estates carry the wines. Tenuta Camarda climbs to 200 metres on chalky clay soils inland of Termoli. It grows the Montepulciano for the flagship Don Luigi Molise Rosso Riserva DOC. The other two vineyards, Cocciolete and Ramitelli, sit at 100 metres, nearer the sea. There, loose sandy soil and steady summer breezes off the Adriatic soften the southern heat. The farm itself sits north of the Gargano headland. Vines have been documented here since Sannite and Roman times.
Di Majo Norante drove Tintilia back into commercial production after decades of neglect. The Tintilia del Molise DOC comes from one small plot, about seven football pitches, at 300 to 350 metres. The grapes are picked by hand in late September. The wine finishes in a mix of barrel and steel, then rests six months in bottle.
The reds also use Aglianico, Montepulciano and Sangiovese. The whites lean on Falanghina, Greco and Moscato Reale. There is also the Apianae passito and a Metodo Classico Brut. Don Luigi Riserva and Sassius Aglianico Riserva are the two wines built to age. They carried the estate into wine-critic coverage outside Italy.
Two wines, Aglianico Biorganic and Falanghina Biorganic, carry the estate's certified organic label. The same thinking runs through the rest of the range. Vines grow over cover crops and are fed with manure, not chemicals. Pests are handled with non-invasive insect repellents. The cellar reuses purified estate water and is working towards running on solar power. Yields are kept low, and selection is done by hand at every stage.
Molise struggles for attention next to Abruzzo and Puglia. Di Majo Norante is its export bridge. The wines reach retailers in the UK, the US and northern Europe. They give the steadiest reference point for what Molise can do. Newcomers usually meet the estate through a glass of Ramitello Biferno Rosso or a bottle of Tintilia del Molise.
Plate I · MOLISE
Wine area
Adriatic-facing river valley between Termoli and Larino where Montepulciano and Aglianico anchor the Biferno Rosso DOC and Falanghina ripens for the white.
Winery
Campomarino, Campobasso · Biferno Valley
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