Quintodecimo Falanghina Via del Campo 2022
Quintodecimo Falanghina Via del Campo 2022
Falanghina Via del Campo 2022 94WA/93VM
Quintodecimo
93 pts Vinous Media
Green melon, candied lime, freshly sliced Granny Smith apple and crushed rocks form a captivating bouquet as the 2022 Falanghina Via del Campo comes to life in the glass. This is soft and supple, quite textural, with a mineral tinge up front further enhanced by brisk acidity as tart orchard fruits and citrus tones keep the tension high. The 2022 finishes crisply refreshing yet remarkably long with a cheek-puckering sour melon concentration. The potential here is very high. The Via del Campo displays this ripe vintage's best attributes and a minerality that perfectly balances the expression.
94 pts Wine Advocate
A wine like this gives us new appreciation of a workhorse grape like Falanghina. When made in the right hands, this native varietal with roots in antiquity can produce delightful results with surprising nuance and elegance. That's what you get with the Quintodecimo 2022 Irpinia Falanghina Via del Campo, a release of 31,000 bottles. The wine reveals good texture and a slightly waxy feel with hints of the dried tropical fruits and grapefruit-like aromas you get from the grape skins. One-third of the wine goes into oak, and that also adds to the spiciness and textural support of this wine. It shows much more fruit weight and depth when considered on a scale of Falanghina wines.
Our Tasting Note: A shade lighter of straw yellow than the Fiano with green flecks. Med+ nose and palate. More fruit than the Fiano, peach, nectarine, and mandarin oranges are juicy and fresh, mandarin peel too, crushed stones, some light honeysuckle and blossom. Med body, med+ acidity, rounder textures lead to a long, layered finish.
Via del Campo perfectly expresses the fruity and mineral scents typical of Falanghina wine. It is a cru obtained exclusively with grapes from only one vineyard of Falanghina. It is characterized by a luminous golden colour and fragrances of apple, pineapple, herbs and field flowers with refined minerals and salty notes. The delicate structure, releases menthol and toasted notes arised from the short stay during the partial fermentation in small oak barrels. Immediately likeable when young, this wine evolves in a more complex bouquet after some years in the bottle.
Grape: Falanghina 100%
Altitude: 360 meters
Exposure: West
Soil: Clayey-calcareous
Vineyard: Production area Mirabella Eclano (VIA DEL CAMPO vineyard, piano dei Greci). Planted 2004
Viticulture: Planting density 4000 vines/hectare. Horizontal vertical trellis with Guyot training system. Yield 1.8 kg/vine. Manually picked in 15 kg boxes.
Winemaking: After a long pressing of the whole grapes, the free-run must, rigorously protected from oxygen, is separated from the pressed must and clarified by natural settling. The fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks (70%) and in new oak barrels (30%).
Aging: The wines are aged for 8 months on fine lees, periodically resuspended.