Lucicanto

Lucicanto is the light of the Matese turned into wine. Its name joins the light that warms our hills and the song, the voice every Terrae Tiferni wine carries. It is the white of the grape the Bourbon kings loved, hand-picked among the vines that surround our home.

When to drink it. A late-spring lunch outdoors, the table laid under a tree and no hurry to get up.

In the glass and at the table

• Color: straw yellow with green hints
• Nose: wild flowers, Fuji apple, pear, mineral hints and a touch of moss
• Palate: expansive and fruity, with a fine balance of warmth, freshness and flashes of savory minerality
• Food pairing: buffalo mozzarella, baked fish, seasonal vegetable risotto, fresh Matese cheeses
• Serving: 9-11 °C (48-52 °F)

Technical details

• Grape: 100% Pallagrello Bianco
• Appellation: Terre del Volturno IGP, vegan wine
• Vintage: 2024
• Vineyard: Gioia Sannitica (Caserta), Matese hills, stony soil, Guyot-trained vines
• Yield: 40 quintals per hectare (about 1.8 tons per acre)
• Harvest: by hand, in the first week of September
• Winemaking: destemming and crushing, skin maceration, soft pressing and cold settling. Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, clarified by racking only, malolactic fermentation
• Ageing: 6 months in steel and 2 months in bottle
• Alcohol: 13% vol.