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Costa delle Parracine
A varietal Forastera from Costa delle Parracine, the Feudi di San Gregorio estate on Ischia. Grown at 300 metres above Forio on volcanic green tuff and aged four months in steel, it is a crisp, saline island white of citrus, white peach and almond.
A varietal Forastera grown at 300 metres above Forio and aged four months in steel, all citrus, white peach and a saline, almond-tinged finish.
Forastera leads with the aromatic lift Costa delle Parracine flags as the grape's signature: lemon and bright citrus over white peach and apricot, with a soft floral edge of acacia and orange blossom. A chamomile herb note and a faint saline whisper follow, set by the volcanic Forio site at 300 metres rather than by oak, since the wine sees only steel.
Citrusy fruit
Lemon
Acacia
Orange blossom
Apricot
White peach
Chamomile
Wet stones
AlmondDry and crisp, with the slightly low 12.5 percent alcohol keeping it light on its feet. The fruit is citrus-led and gently stony, a wet-stone and flinty mineral pull that traces back to the green-tuff soils of the 1878 cellar dug into Monte Epomeo and the 25-year-old vines on cliffs above the sea. Four months in stainless steel leaves the fruit clean and unworked, with fresh acidity carrying the mid-palate.
The close is balanced and savoury, a clean almond note over a lightly saline, mineral lift that is the island's marine and volcanic stamp rather than any cellar trick.
This is the varietal Forastera in the Tenute Capaldo and Feudi di San Gregorio range on Ischia, a small 10,000-bottle island white made for early drinking. It suits anyone after a fresh, mineral Campanian white with a sense of place: pour it young and cold alongside shellfish and seafood pasta. Vivino flags 2024 as a strong year for the wine, though the Forastera itself still carries too few ratings to read a crowd score.
A small 10,000-bottle island white with patchy UK distribution, so live stock and prices move around. Here is what we are tracking now.
A read on where this fresh, niche Ischia DOC white sits for food, value, cellaring and everyday drinking.
Bright acidity, saline mineral lift and an aromatic citrus profile make it a versatile match for shellfish, seafood pasta and fried fish, the strong suit of a fresh Campanian white.
A clean, crisp varietal Forastera is easy to enjoy, though the obscure island grape and light, mineral style make it a touch more niche than a mainstream Italian white.
At around 17.45 pounds it is fair rather than cheap, reflecting a rare indigenous grape, a tiny 10,000-bottle run and the Tenute Capaldo and Feudi di San Gregorio name behind it.
Fresh, low in alcohol at 12.5 percent and genuinely food-friendly, but the 17-pound-plus price band keeps it above a true midweek house white.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Ischia denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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A warm 2024 summer cut yields across Campania's whites but wide day-to-night swings kept this Forastera fresh and aromatic.
A warm Campanian summer with heat spikes slowed ripening and cut yields across the island's whites in 2024, but wide day-to-night temperature swings kept aromatics and acidity intact. The result is a fresh, aromatic Forastera best drunk over its first three to four years while the citrus and saline lift are at their peak.
A warm Campanian summer with heat spikes slowed ripening and cut yields across the island's whites in 2024, but wide day-to-night temperature swings kept aromatics and acidity intact. The result is a fresh, aromatic Forastera best drunk over its first three to four years while the citrus and saline lift are at their peak.
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.
An indigenous grape on roughly 50 hectares nationally, almost all in Campania, farmed here on volcanic green-tuff terraces by the Tenute Capaldo and Feudi di San Gregorio group.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Ischia is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Ischia falls within Campania , covering Napoli.
Forastera is grown on roughly 50 hectares nationally and this bottling is a 10,000-bottle island white, so scarcity rather than scale sets the floor under the 17.45 pound price.
The 25-year-old vines sit on steep Forio terraces held by dry-stone Parracine walls of green tuff, where mechanisation is impossible and every task is done by hand.
A serious producer group restored the historic 1878 cellar dug into Monte Epomeo for this project, and that investment and name carry a premium over an anonymous island co-op wine.
Just four months in stainless steel with no barrel programme keeps cellar and cooperage costs low compared with oak-aged Campanian whites, holding the price in check.
UK still-wine duty adds 2.67 pounds a bottle at the 2026 HMRC rate before 20 percent VAT, so close to a third of the 17.45 pound shelf price is tax rather than wine.
Bright acidity and an island-mineral edge make it a shellfish and seafood-pasta white above all, with the structural reason given for each match.
Forastera's faint sea-salt edge and steely mineral pull, set by the island's volcanic green tuff, echo the briny liquor of shellfish rather than fighting it. The crisp acidity keeps each mouthful fresh, and the low 12.5 percent alcohol stays out of the way of delicate seafood.
Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →
The bright, citrus-driven acidity cuts through olive oil, garlic and starch in seafood primi without overwhelming the shellfish. Forastera's white-peach fruit gives enough flesh to match a tomato-light sauce while keeping the plate lively.
Try with: Fregula ai frutti di mare · Impepata di cozze · Pesce spada alla Siciliana · More pairings →
Acidity is the classic foil for fried and grilled fish, and this Forastera has it in spades. Its clean almond finish and saline lift refresh the palate between bites of oily, crisp-skinned fish.
Try with: Pesce spada alla Siciliana · Baccala Mantecato · Polpo alla pignata · More pairings →
The grape's aromatic side, all citrus, acacia and orange blossom, bridges to milky mozzarella and ripe summer vegetables. Crisp acidity lifts the cream of the cheese while the herb note plays off basil and tomato.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · Cozze arraganate · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →
At a light 12.5 percent and built around fresh fruit and mineral lift, the weight of the wine matches delicate antipasti rather than burying them. It works as an aperitivo island white before a seafood meal.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · Baccala Mantecato · Impepata di cozze · More pairings →
This is a light, low-alcohol white with no tannin and no oak, so it has nothing to stand up to fiery spice or a rich braise. Chilli heat scorches its delicate citrus and the saline finish disappears against red meat.
Skip with: vindaloo · Sichuan hotpot · braised short rib · beef chilli · Pairing guide →
Aged only in steel with no ageing mandate, this is a drink-young island white rather than a bottle to lay down.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
Aged only four months in steel with no ageing mandate, this is built for early drinking and gains nothing from the cellar.
£17.25 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighA style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
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 · MediumIt is made entirely from Forastera, an indigenous white grape grown almost only in Campania and historically tied to the island of Ischia. The name means 'from outside the island', a nod to its arrival there in the nineteenth century to help replant vineyards hit by phylloxera.
It is produced by Costa delle Parracine, a project of the Tenute Capaldo and Feudi di San Gregorio group on Ischia, with vineyards in the Forio commune. The fruit is grown at 300 metres on volcanic soils and vinified in the estate's 1878 cellar dug into the green tuff of Monte Epomeo.
Expect a dry, crisp white led by lemon and white peach with a clean almond note and a saline, mineral finish. It is light at 12.5 percent alcohol and sees only stainless steel, so the fruit stays fresh and unoaked.
Its saline edge and bright acidity make it a natural with shellfish, seafood pasta and fried or grilled white fish. It also suits fresh mozzarella and light antipasti as an aperitivo island white.
Drink it young, ideally within three to four years of the 2024 harvest, while its citrus and saline lift are at their peak. The 2024 growing season was warm but kept the island's whites fresh and aromatic, so there is no reason to cellar this bottle.
Yes, it is bottled in the standard 750ml format. UK availability is limited and tied to a small 10,000-bottle production, so stock at any single retailer can come and go.
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