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Cenatiempo
Cenatiempo's 100% Biancolella from volcanic terraces at Serrara Fontana, 450m above the Bay of Naples. Concrete-fermented, no wood: straw-gold, with citrus, white peach and a saline, stony freshness. An Ischia DOC white to drink young with seafood.
Cenatiempo pours straw yellow with golden lights. The producer notes citrus giving way to yellow-fleshed fruit, closing on aromatic herbs and Mediterranean scrub. Across more than 1,400 Vivino ratings the loudest descriptors are stone and minerals, honey, peach and grapefruit, carried on a light body with marked freshness.
Citrus leads, grapefruit and lemon, giving way to yellow-fleshed fruit, white peach and melon. Behind the fruit sits a stony, saline lift with honey and a whisper of Mediterranean herbs. Cenatiempo's own notes cite aromatic herbs and macchia scrub in the finish.
Grapefruit
Lemon
Melon
Pear
White peach
Wet stones
Almond
HoneyLight-bodied and dry, with a concentrated core and marked freshness. callmewine describes a fresh, savoury vein running through the wine, and Vivino reviewers most often reach for stone, minerals and honey. The volcanic character of Serrara Fontana comes through clearly.
The close is saline and stony with the good persistence callmewine notes, tailing off on the bitter almond that marks Biancolella.
A distinctly volcanic, single-varietal Biancolella from Cenatiempo, one of Ischia's founding estates since 1945. It trades power for freshness and saline detail, and drinks best young with the Bay of Naples on the plate.
greatwine.co.uk lists the 2022 at 41 pounds. That buys hand-worked viticulture on Ischia's steep volcanic terraces, a 100% Biancolella from a grape grown almost nowhere else, and a family estate, Cenatiempo, farming these vines since 1945. UK excise duty of 2.67 pounds a bottle plus 20% VAT is charged before the wine reaches the shelf.
This is an everyday-plus island white, not a cellar wine. It rates well for food versatility and for interest to the curious drinker, thanks to a genuinely rare grape and a volcanic, saline profile, and low for ageing: Cenatiempo and callmewine both frame it as a wine to enjoy young.
Built for coastal cooking: the freshness and saline core pair naturally with the Bay of Naples seafood that callmewine and Vivino both recommend, from grilled fish to peppered mussels.
At 41 pounds it is not a bargain everyday white, but a hand-farmed, 100% Biancolella from a rare Ischia grape justifies the premium over supermarket bottles.
Easy to enjoy for its citrus and freshness, though Biancolella and Ischia DOC are unfamiliar names that reward a little curiosity.
A characterful, hard-to-find island white that earns its place at a summer table or a seafood dinner.
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Vivino ranks 2022 among the best years for this wine, a 4.2 average from 60 ratings for the vintage. A warm, dry Italian summer was tempered here by altitude and sea breezes: the vineyards sit around 450 metres on Mount Epomeo's slopes, open to the four winds, which helps hold the citrus lift and saline edge of the style. Drink it now or over the next three to four years.
Vivino rates 2022 among the best years for Cenatiempo Kalimera, a 4.2 average from 60 ratings. Altitude and sea breezes on Mount Epomeo held freshness through a warm, dry summer.
Vivino rates 2022 among the best years for Cenatiempo Kalimera, a 4.2 average from 60 ratings. Altitude and sea breezes on Mount Epomeo held freshness through a warm, dry summer.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Cenatiempo's freshness and saline, stony core are built for the sea. callmewine points to grilled fish, smoked fish roe, savoury pies and tomato-and-fish-sauce pasta; Vivino reviewers reach for shellfish and vegetable antipasti. The acidity cuts fried and rich seafood, while the light body sits beside delicate Bay of Naples cooking rather than burying it.
Kalimera's marked freshness and citrus lift slice through the garlic, black pepper and brine of impepata di cozze, a Bay of Naples classic that shares the wine's home waters.
Try with: Impepata di cozze · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →
The stony, saline character drawn from volcanic terraces at 450 metres echoes simply grilled sea bass or bream rather than fighting it, while the citrus keeps each bite fresh.
Try with: Grilled fish · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →
Against the creamy richness of baccala mantecato, Kalimera's acidity and light body reset the palate, and its saline edge nods to the cod's own cure.
Try with: Baccala Mantecato · More pairings →
A light-bodied, savoury white sits with the fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil of insalata caprese without flattening them, matching the delicate register of Bay of Naples starters.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · More pairings →
Cenatiempo cites aromatic herbs and Mediterranean scrub in the finish, a bridge to seafood seasoned with the wild fennel, oregano and thyme of the Campanian coast.
Try with: Grilled fish · Impepata di cozze · More pairings →
This is a delicate, dry white with no residual sugar to tame capsaicin. Aggressive chilli heat, as in a heavily spiced pasta all'arrabbiata, buries its citrus and stone detail and leaves the alcohol exposed.
This is not a wine to lay down. callmewine and Cenatiempo both frame the 2022 as one to enjoy now, with three to four years of cellar life at most. Serve it cool, around 8 to 10 degrees, to keep the citrus and saline edge sharp.
Peak around 2024. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A drink-young wine: Cenatiempo and callmewine both suggest enjoying it soon, with only three to four years of useful cellar life.
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Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumCenatiempo Kalimera is 100% Biancolella, the indigenous white grape of Ischia. The estate farms it on volcanic terraces above the Bay of Naples.
On volcanic terraces around Serrara Fontana, about 450 metres up on Ischia's Mount Epomeo. The Cenatiempo family has farmed the island's vines since 1945.
No. It ferments in concrete and sees no wood, keeping the fruit and saline freshness clean before bottling.
Straw-gold, with citrus and yellow-fleshed fruit over a saline, stony freshness and a light body. Vivino reviewers most often cite stone, minerals, honey, peach and grapefruit.
Serve it at 8 to 10 degrees. It drinks well now and will hold three to four years in the cellar.
Coastal Campanian seafood: peppered mussels (impepata di cozze), seafood pasta, whipped salt cod and grilled fish. Its freshness and saline core suit the Bay of Naples table.
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