COLLI DI CASTELFRANCI

Colli di Castefranci was born from the union of two brothers-in-law, Gregorio Luciano and Colucci Gerardo both are now in their fifties. Both grow up to families of grape growers in and around “Irpinia”, today’s province of Avellino, and in 2002 founded the new winery. The goal was combining tradition and new technology in order to produce wines that express their true varietal characteristics and unique diverse terroirs. Helping to achieve this goal is winemaker Carmine Valentino, who’s becoming an important expert in the local wines from the region. Mr. Valentino has been chosen as “winemaker of the year” in Campania by “Duemila Vini”, Published by Gambro Rosso. The team at Colli di Castelfranci believe that good wine is produced in the vineyards, not in the cellar, and for that reason they invest most of their time and attention to the care of their soil, vines, and grapes. They follow a simple philosophy of minimizing the use of pesticides by “lotta integrata” approach which means, fighting parasites and disease in a natural way, using biological techniques & predators. The estate consists of about 25 hectares under vines, divided to small plots scattered among hills and valleys in 8 different DOC’s & DOCG’s.