Azienda Agricola Di Majo Norante
Molise, ItalyDi Majo Norante is the most internationally recognised winery in Molise, working 123 hectares across three estates between the Adriatic coast at Campomarino and the inland slopes of Contrada Camarda. The estate is the producer most associated with the modern revival of Tintilia, the indigenous black grape that once nearly disappeared from Molise vineyards.
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About Azienda Agricola Di Majo Norante
The estate has been in the Di Majo family since the nineteenth century, with old cellars still in use beneath the family building in Campomarino. The contemporary direction is shaped by Alessio Di Majo, who took over from his father Luigi and has built the estate's reputation by selecting clones of native southern grapes rather than chasing international varieties. The land itself was once the fief of the Marquises Norante di Santa Cristina, and the double-barrelled name preserves that older connection.
Three vineyard estates carry the wines. Tenuta Camarda climbs to 200 metres on calcareous-clay soils inland of Termoli and supplies the Montepulciano grapes for the flagship Don Luigi Molise Rosso Riserva DOC. Contrada Cocciolete and Contrada Ramitelli sit at 100 metres, closer to the Adriatic, where loose sandy soil and steady summer breezes off the sea balance the southern heat. The Masseria itself is north of the Gargano promontory, in a stretch of countryside where Sannite and Roman vine cultivation is documented from antiquity.
Di Majo Norante is the producer that drove Tintilia back into commercial production after decades of neglect. The Tintilia del Molise DOC is bottled from a five hectare plot at 300 to 350 metres, hand harvested in late September, and finished in a mix of barrel and steel before six months in bottle. Alongside it, the cellar works Aglianico, Montepulciano and Sangiovese for the reds, and Falanghina, Greco and Moscato Reale for the whites, the Apianae passito and the Metodo Classico Brut. The Don Luigi Riserva and the Sassius Aglianico Riserva are the two age-worthy benchmarks that lifted the estate into wine-critic coverage outside Italy.
Two of the wines, Aglianico Biorganic and Falanghina Biorganic, ship under the estate's certified organic label, and the wider biorganic philosophy runs through the rest of the range. Vineyards are kept under cover crop, fertilised with manure rather than chemicals, and worked with non-invasive insect repellents. The cellar reuses purified estate water for irrigation and is moving toward solar self-sufficiency. Yields are deliberately low and selection is manual at every stage.
For a region that struggles to get attention next to Abruzzo and Puglia, Di Majo Norante is the export bridge: the wines reach UK, US and northern European retailers and supply the most consistent reference point for what Molise can do. A reader new to the region usually meets it through a glass of Ramitello Biferno Rosso or a bottle of Tintilia del Molise carrying this label.
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Azienda Agricola Di Majo Norante on the Molise wine atlas
Common questions
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Di Majo Norante is based at Contrada Ramitelli, 4 in Campomarino, Province of Campobasso, on the Molise side of the Adriatic coast. The estate's three vineyard areas, Tenuta Camarda, Contrada Cocciolete and Contrada Ramitelli, sit between 100 and 200 metres above sea level.
