Campi Valerio
Molise, ItalyCampi Valerio is a small Molise estate working on the Pentro di Isernia plateau, where the Volturno river softens a stretch of mountain country in the province of Isernia. The Valerio family makes wines mostly from Tintilia, Falanghina, Montepulciano and Sangiovese, including a flagship Tintilia matured in terracotta amphora called La Lana.
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About Campi Valerio
The estate sits at Contrada Selvotta in Monteroduni, a hill town in the heart of the Pentro di Isernia plateau. This is the inland Apennine half of Molise: a stretch of mountain country sheltered by the surrounding ranges and watered by the Volturno, the longest river of southern Italy, whose alluvial soils still mark the local vineyards.
Vines were first planted on the property in the seventeenth century by Prince Giovanni Pignatelli, a Neapolitan nobleman with land at Monteroduni. The current chapter began in 2004, when the Valerio family, with roots in the area's farming life, started turning a single peasant vineyard into a small but ambitious cellar. Antonio Valerio still runs the project alongside his family.
Today Campi Valerio works five vineyard sites covering around fifteen hectares, ranging in altitude from 290 to 560 metres above sea level. The Miranda site at Pesche, on the Pentro plateau, climbs to 560 metres on medium-textured clay soils with alluvial deposits. The pieces are deliberately small and varied so each wine can express the spot it comes from.
The grape mix follows the Molise tradition. Tintilia is the signature dark variety: low-yielding, late-ripening, native to these mountains and capable of long ageing. Falanghina takes the lead on the white side, with Montepulciano and Sangiovese filling out the reds. Bottlings include Fannia Falanghina del Molise DOC, Calidio and Sannazzaro Rosso del Molise DOC, Opalia and V.M. Tintilia del Molise, the rare Pentro di Isernia DOC, and a Metodo Classico spumante.
La Lana Tintilia del Molise DOC is the cellar's most distinctive wine. The grapes come from the 3.8-hectare Miranda vineyard, ferment and finish their malolactic in terracotta amphora, and are bottled at fourteen percent. The result is a deep ruby red driven by sour cherry, raspberry and plum preserve, with grippy tannin balanced by an inland-altitude cut of freshness. Antonio Valerio's line on his own wines is that they ask for patience.
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Common questions
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Campi Valerio is in Monteroduni, in the province of Isernia, on the Pentro di Isernia plateau in inland Molise. The estate's address is Contrada Selvotta, 86075 Monteroduni. Vineyards sit between 290 and 560 metres above sea level, sheltered by the Sannita Apennines and watered by the upper Volturno.
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