DOC White

Casalfarneto Quirico Falerio Pecorino DOC

Azienda Agricola Casalfarneto

Grape
Pecorino
Denomination
Falerio DOC
Region
Marche
ABV
13.5%
Body
Medium
Drink
Now to 2028

Quirico is Casalfarneto's dry Pecorino from the hills of Ascoli Piceno province, in the south of the Marche. Acacia, broom and white flowers lead to a fresh, savoury palate and a slightly bitter finish.

Price
£16.90

2025 · 75cl · checked 27 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Falerio DOC Pecorino Quirico Casalfarneto

£16.90 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 27 Oct 2026

One shop sells this wine in the UK, so there is no price to compare between shops. Each price is the one on its page today, read daily.

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Tasting Notes

What Casalfarneto Quirico Pecorino tastes like

In the glass Quirico is straw yellow. Its grapes are harvested between the end of September and the start of October.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial, from the producer's notes
Tasted on
11 June 2026
Source
Producer notes · confidence High
Body
Medium, from a UK shop's listing
Typical of Pecorino
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Fairly intense and persistent, with fruit and white flowers, acacia and broom. The grapes come from hills in Ascoli Piceno province, on hard, clayey soil facing south-east.

GrapefruitGrapefruit
LimeLime
AcaciaAcacia
ElderflowerElderflower
PeachPeach
Palate

Dry and medium-bodied, the palate follows the nose with a fresh, savoury balance. The bunches are pressed gently and the juice is fermented at a controlled temperature, then the wine rests three months in steel tanks.

Finish

Fine and persistent, with a slightly bitter close. Casalfarneto gives the wine at least two months in bottle after its time in steel.

Overall

A fresh, dry Pecorino for fish suppers and aperitifs, to drink young: we would open the 2025 now and by 2028. Falstaff scored this wine's 2023 and 2024 at 89 points each, and found lime, elderflower, peach and grapefruit in the 2024.

Drink now Best by 2028
Live UK pricing

Buying Casalfarneto Quirico 2025 in the UK

One shop on this page sells the 2025, at about £17 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here. That puts it near the middle of what Pecorino whites cost in UK shops.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £16.90 at Vino.com
75cl · 2025 available from Vino.com £16.90, in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £22.53 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 27 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Casalfarneto Quirico scores

Best with food and Best intro to this style lead its scores. It is a fresh, dry Falerio Pecorino at about £17 a bottle.

Best with food 8.0/10

Fresh and dry with a savoury edge, it suits fish and seafood, vegetable soups, medium-structured cheeses and olive all'ascolana, the producer's own suggestions. Hot chilli is the clash to avoid.

Best intro to this style 7.6/10

Fruit, white flowers and acacia on the nose, then a fresh, savoury, medium-bodied palate: an easy first taste of Pecorino.

Best everyday bottle 7.0/10

At about £17, dry and fresh, it suits a weeknight plate of fish or a bowl of vegetable soup.

Best value 6.4/10

At about £17 it costs close to the middle of what Pecorino whites cost in UK shops. That buys a dry Falerio Pecorino whose 2023 and 2024 each scored 89 points from Falstaff.

Best for an occasion 3.5/10

A young Falerio DOC white, best as an aperitif or with a fish supper rather than saved for a big celebration.

Best for cellar 2.2/10

A young Falerio Pecorino, aged three months in steel tanks and at least two in bottle. We would drink the 2025 by 2028 rather than keep it.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Falerio in five fields

A compact view of what the Falerio denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Pecorino.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Marche
Style
DOC · Falerio
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

The 2025 Quirico on sale and when to drink it

Only the 2025 is on sale here. It is 13.5% alcohol, the top of the 12.5% to 13.5% range Casalfarneto gives for this wine.

2025 Current release
Best price
£16.90
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

A young white, aged in steel tanks and then in bottle. We would drink the 2025 now and by 2028, while its fruit and white-flower aromas are fresh.

2025 Current release
Best price
£16.90
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

A young white, aged in steel tanks and then in bottle. We would drink the 2025 now and by 2028, while its fruit and white-flower aromas are fresh.

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.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Casalfarneto, from Verdicchio country to the Piceno hills

Casalfarneto sits at Serra de' Conti, in the Verdicchio hills of Ancona province, and made its first Fontevecchia and Grancasale from the 1995 harvest. Quirico is its Falerio Pecorino, from hillsides in Ascoli Piceno province in the south of the Marche.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

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.

Falerio 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.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Falerio falls within Marche.

Falerio DOC zone The producer

Made at Azienda Agricola Casalfarneto, Serra de' Conti. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Azienda Agricola CasalfarnetoProducer / estate
  • PecorinoGrape varieties
  • Falerio DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.5% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Falerio DOC Pecorino Quirico Casalfarneto

Tracked from
£16.90
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
2 up / 2 down
Main factor
UK duty and VAT
  1. 01

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    Of a £17.10 bottle, about £5.95 is tax: £3.10 of duty on a 13.5% wine at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol, and £2.85 of VAT.

  2. 02

    A tighter cap on the grape crop for Falerio Pecorino

    Cost up

    As a Falerio Pecorino, Quirico may come from at most 11 tonnes of grapes per hectare, against 13 for the blended Falerio white. The lower ceiling limits how much wine each hectare can give.

  3. 03

    Three months in steel tanks, then at least two in bottle

    Cost down

    Quirico rests three months in steel tanks and at least two months in bottle. Casalfarneto's Cimaio, by contrast, is fermented half in small wooden barrels, spends a year in wood and steel, then 12 to 18 months in bottle.

  4. 04

    A mid-priced wine in Casalfarneto's own range

    Cost down

    At Casalfarneto's own online shop, Quirico costs the same as its Fontevecchia Verdicchio and about a third of the price of its Cimaio white.

01

UK duty and VAT

Cost up

Of a £17.10 bottle, about £5.95 is tax: £3.10 of duty on a 13.5% wine at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol, and £2.85 of VAT.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Larb: Thai minced chicken salad: finely minced chicken with toasted rice powder, red chilli flak

Larb
Food Pairing

Fish, olive all'ascolana and soups with Casalfarneto Quirico

Casalfarneto suggests Quirico as an aperitif and with fish and seafood, vegetable soups, medium-structured cheeses and olive all'ascolana. A fresh, savoury Falerio Pecorino suits all of them. Keep it away from hot chilli.

Acidity matching Strong match

Mussels and Adriatic fish stews

Casalfarneto matches this Falerio Pecorino with fish and seafood. Its freshness and savoury edge lift sweet mussels and a tomato fish stew, so each mouthful tastes clean rather than heavy.

Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Brodetto alla giuliese · Brodetto alla Termolese · More pairings →

Fat cutting Strong match

Olive all'ascolana and fried starters

Casalfarneto suggests the classic olive all'ascolana, breaded olives stuffed with meat, with this Falerio Pecorino. The wine's freshness cuts through breadcrumbs, frying oil and cheese, so the next bite tastes as good as the first.

Try with: Olive all'ascolana · Arancini · Gnocco fritto · Panzerotti · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Medium-structured cheeses

Casalfarneto suggests medium-structured cheeses with this Falerio Pecorino. The salt in the cheese tames the wine's slightly bitter finish and brings its fruit forward.

Try with: Frico · Lancashire Cheese · Cheese board

Body matching Good match

Vegetable soups with bread or rice

A medium-bodied Falerio Pecorino has enough weight for a soup thickened with bread or rice, without burying the vegetables. Its freshness also stands up to the tomato in pappa al pomodoro.

Try with: Risi e bisi · Pappa al Pomodoro · Pane Cotto · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Hot chilli dishes

Chilli heat makes a 13.5% Falerio Pecorino taste hotter and drowns its acacia and white-flower aromas. Keep fiery curries and stir-fries for another bottle.

Skip with: Chicken jalfrezi · Szechuan chicken · Kung pao chicken · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Drinking Casalfarneto Quirico 2025 young

A fresh Pecorino to drink young rather than cellar. We would open the 2025 now and by 2028, while the fruit and white flowers are fresh.

Drinking window
2026 → 2028

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Serving temperature
8-12°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

A young Falerio Pecorino, aged three months in steel tanks and at least two in bottle. We would drink the 2025 by 2028 rather than keep it.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£16.90 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Casalfarneto Quirico page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 27 Oct 2026, 02:15 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Based on the producer's published tasting notes.

Confidence · High
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our 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 · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Pecorino, the Marche and Falerio DOC: related pages

Producer
Azienda Agricola Casalfarneto Marche
Grapes
Pecorino
Denomination
Falerio DOC
Region
Marche Region guide
Cuisine
Thai Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

It is a dry, medium-bodied white with fruit, white flowers, acacia and broom on the nose. The palate is fresh and savoury, and the finish is fine, persistent and slightly bitter.

It is the Pecorino type of the Falerio DOC, made in the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo in the south of the Marche. The rules require at least 85% Pecorino grapes and a total alcohol of at least 12%.

The bunches are pressed gently, and the juice is fermented at a controlled temperature. The wine then rests three months in steel tanks and at least two months in bottle. The grapes come from hillsides in Ascoli Piceno province, on hard, clayey soil facing south-east.

Casalfarneto suggests it as an aperitif and with fish and seafood, vegetable soups and medium-structured cheeses. It also suggests the classic olive all'ascolana, breaded olives stuffed with meat. Avoid hot chilli, which makes a 13.5% white taste hotter.

One shop on this page sells the 2025, at about £17 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here. That is near the middle of what Pecorino whites cost in UK shops.

Drink it now and by 2028. It is a young white aged in steel tanks and bottle, and we would open it while its fruit and white-flower aromas are fresh.

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