Tenimenti Grieco

Tenimenti Grieco is a family estate in Portocannone, on the Adriatic edge of Molise. The vineyards sit 150 metres above the sea, on hills that face the Tremiti Islands. The cellar focuses on Tintilia del Molise DOC and Biferno Rosso DOC. Beside those runs a Terre degli Osci IGT range: the Bordeaux-style Triassi, the Chardonnay-led Matana and the Anima Osca line. UK drinkers know the wines from Strictly Wine, Great Wines Direct, All About Wine and Valvona & Crolla.

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Antonio Grieco and Emanuela Cecca, founders of Tenimenti Grieco

Wines from Tenimenti Grieco

Anima Osca Bianco Terre degli Osci Tenimenti Grieco

Anima Osca Bianco Terre degli Osci Tenimenti Grieco

Osco / Terre degli Osci

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£11.54

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Biferno Bosco del Guardie Rosso Tenimenti Grieco

Biferno Bosco del Guardie Rosso Tenimenti Grieco

Biferno

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£20.91

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Tenimenti Grieco 'Anima Osca' Rosso, Terre degli Osci,

Tenimenti Grieco 'Anima Osca' Rosso, Terre degli Osci,

Osco / Terre degli Osci

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£14.44

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Tintilia del Molise Metri Rosso Tenimenti Grieco

Tintilia del Molise Metri Rosso Tenimenti Grieco

Tintilia del Molise

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£17.52

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About Tenimenti Grieco

Tenimenti Grieco sits on the hills of Portocannone, in the province of Campobasso, at Contrada Difensola. The vineyards are 150 metres above the Adriatic and look east across the sea to the Tremiti Islands. Each afternoon an iodine-laden breeze climbs the slope. It is the one fact every wine on the list keeps coming back to. This stretch of southern Italian coast is barely on the wine-tourism map. That is precisely why the estate has spent the last decade making the case for it, bottle by bottle.

Antonio Grieco and Emanuela Cecca run the winery, partners in life and in business. The cellar is in the hands of the resident enologist, Maria Concetta Raimondo. The project began in the late 2010s with a clear remit. It would take the two native red anchors of Molise, Tintilia and Aglianico, and stand them next to a Bordeaux-style blend. That blend had to prove the coast can also handle international varieties, without losing its salt-air signature.

Triassi is the flagship. The Terre degli Osci IGT red blends Cabernet Sauvignon at 55 percent with Merlot and a 10 percent splash of Aglianico. It ages in French oak barriques. Luca Maroni has given it 96 to 97 points for several vintages running, and the 2018 took a Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Gold. Matana is its white counterpart, a single-vineyard Chardonnay from a 1990 planting at San Martino in Pensilis. Luca Maroni rated it 95 points in 2022.

The I Molisani range is where the estate speaks the local language. 200 Metri is 100 percent Tintilia from an 11-acre plot at Larino and Ururi, planted in 2008 at 300 metres above sea level. It is the wine that Decanter, Bibenda and Berebene keep returning to year after year. Bosco delle Guardie is the Biferno Rosso DOC, a Montepulciano-led blend with 20 percent Aglianico. It is refined in French tonneaux, for a more structured expression of the denomination.

Around those two pillars sit lighter ranges, named after their vineyards. Anima Osca offers Bianco and Rosso bottlings under Terre degli Osci IGT for everyday drinking. Passo alle Tremiti splits its Aglianico, Falanghina and Sauvignon between three coastal labels. The Settenodi sparkling and the Costali single-variety wines round out the list. The Anima Osca Rosso is a Montepulciano, Cabernet and Syrah blend from the San Martino in Pensilis vineyards. It is the bottling stocked in the UK trade, and it is still available through specialist Italian-wine merchants.

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Contrada Difensola, 86045 Portocannone, Campobasso (Molise)
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Contrada Difensola, 86045 Portocannone, Campobasso (Molise)
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  • Tenimenti Grieco is at Contrada Difensola in Portocannone, in the province of Campobasso, Molise. The estate vineyards sit 150 metres above the Adriatic, on the hills above the coast. They look east towards the Tremiti Islands.
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