Greco
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Villa Diamante, Campania,
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Noticeably richer in colour, Antoine and Diamante rent a tiny vineyard of Greco in the village of Tufo from a Signor Ciamillo, whose vineyard is steeply inclined, high up among the verdant woods, on white tufo soils. More structured than the pretty, floral Fiano, the nose suggests mandarin zest, even apricots. To the taste this full, dry, extraordinary wine has a rich orange pulp feel, racy acidity, a definite phenolic structure and such salty intensity. Harvested on 10th October and bottled end May 2014, it reminds slightly me of Rangen’s Clos St Urbain. Fabulous.
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David Berry Green
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Greco, which is unrelated to Greco Bianco, is a late-ripening white grape grown mostly in Campania. The grape is used to make varietal wines around the village of Tufo (Greco di Tufo DOCG), dry, mineral wines that are more textural than aromatic. There are thought to be approximately 800ha planted with the variety.