Cantine di Marzo

Tufo, Campania

Cantine di Marzo vineyards are planted with Greco and Aglianico, no land is wasted on Cabernet or the like; for such a cosmopolitan family the Di Sommas have always had a wonderfully focused approach.  The cellar is a series of manmade caves deep beneath the village of Tufo, this defies meteorological vagaries and delivers a perfect, moderate and constant temperature.  Frustratingly, every piece of equipment had to be tailor-made to fit, as nothing is standard here.  This was a brave modernisation inspired by Ferrante di Somma, who is totally committed to tying the new, to the ancient bedrock of this historical estate.  

There is a strong nucleus led by Giuseppe Lennaco who has spent his working life nurturing the vineyards; Ferrante is front of house and the relative newcomer is oenologist,* Vincenzo Mercurio, who has sprinkled fairy dust and lavished attention onto the sleeping Princess that is Greco di Tufo, earning a steady stream of awards for Cantine di Marzo.