Wine Name: Val di Neto Bianco Efeso

First Year of Production: 2001

Production Commune: Rosaneti Farm, Rocca di Neto / Casabona fields

Production region: Calabria

Grapes: Mantonico 100%

Terrain typology: argillaceous, calcareous

Training System: espalier, 5000 plants per hectare

Yield per hectare: 60 quintals – 38 hectolitres.

Harvest period: first 10 days of October.

Alcohol level: 13.5% vol.

Vinification: fermentation, first in thermo-conditioned stainless steel and then in small oak barrels

Refinement: First, 8 months in small Allier barrels and then a second short passage of bottle ageing before going to market

Number of bottles produced annually: 12,000

Best drinking date: from 3 to 5 years

Food pairings: A wine well suited to great seafood dishes, it excels with sea bass, swordfish and dentex, even with the most complicated preparations. Fish soup is also an excellent pairing.