Est. 2006 
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Walk-ins welcome Cellar visit and estate tasting
Guided visit of the Terresacre cellar at Contrada Montebello, followed by a tasting of estate wines paired with local Molise products.
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Molise, ItalyTenuta Terresacre is a modern Molise estate at Contrada Montebello in Montenero di Bisaccia, perched on the coastal hills 270 metres above the Adriatic. Founded in 2006 by a farming family with deep roots in the lower Molise countryside, the cantina works thirty-five hectares of Tintilia, Montepulciano, Falanghina, Trebbiano and Chardonnay, with the indigenous Tintilia DOC as its signature red.
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Molise
- Est. 2006
- Tastings
- Tours
- Accommodation
- Walk-ins welcome
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Experiences at Terresacre
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MeTe tasting for two
A couples' flight of estate wines, designed for two guests, run on request at the Tenuta Terresacre cellar.
Book this experienceTintilia Experience
Guided walk through the Tintilia vineyards followed by a focused tasting of the estate's flagship red, Tintilia del Molise DOC.
Book this experienceCellar visit and estate tasting
Guided visit of the Terresacre cellar at Contrada Montebello, followed by a tasting of estate wines paired with local Molise products.
Book this experienceAbout Terresacre
The thirty-five hectares of Tenuta Terresacre sit at 270 metres above sea level in the lower-Molise countryside of Montenero di Bisaccia, where the gentle hills are cooled by the Adriatic breeze. The location matters: a maritime climate tempers summer heat, and the same wind keeps the canopies dry through harvest. The legal entity is Società agricola il Quadrifoglio, and the cantina sits at Contrada Montebello, on the same farmland the family has worked for generations.
The modern estate was founded in 2006 by a farming family that had spent decades on this land before turning to bottled wine. Their decisive move came in the early 2000s, when they replanted Tintilia, the only red grape truly indigenous to Molise. The variety had nearly vanished in the 1960s, abandoned for higher-yielding alternatives on flatter ground. Terresacre put it back on its hills and made it the flagship of the cellar.
Tintilia is the estate's calling card, but the working vineyard is more diverse. Alongside the autochthonous red, the family grows Montepulciano (bottled as Rispetto, Neravite and the rosato Rosavite), Falanghina (Oravera and a varietal Falanghina), Trebbiano (Orovite) and Chardonnay. Nine wines plus the estate Olea extra virgin olive oil come out of the cellar in a typical year, all from estate fruit and bottled at Contrada Montebello.
The Tintilia story is the one Terresacre tells most often. The grape was reportedly brought to Molise by the Bourbons in the second half of the eighteenth century, though viticulture in the region runs deeper, back to the Samnites and the Romans. The name probably comes from the Spanish 'tinto', red wine. After the abandonments of the post-war decades, a small cluster of growers, Terresacre among them, decided to put the variety back into production rather than let it slip away.
Recognition has followed. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate awarded 90 points to the estate's Tintilia 2009, an early signal that what had been a near-forgotten Molise red could earn shelf space alongside more famous Italian appellations. The cantina is open year-round for visits and tastings by appointment, with vineyard walks among the Tintilia rows and pairings of the wines with local Molise products.
Visiting Terresacre
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Tastings
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Tours
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Accommodation
Not available
Booking
Walk-ins OK
Plan your visit
Contrada Montebello, 86036 Montenero di Bisaccia, Campobasso (Molise)
Plate I · MOLISE
Terresacre on the Molise wine atlas
Common questions
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Tenuta Terresacre sits at Contrada Montebello, 86036 Montenero di Bisaccia, in the province of Campobasso. The cantina is on the lower-Molise hills 270 metres above the Adriatic, between the Trigno valley and the Biferno valley.
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