Terra di safnio

Technical Data:
Production area: DOC Sannio area
Organic grapes: Bioagricert-certified
Soil: Clayey-marly-calcarenite hills of Calore with gently sloping slopes, engraved by pronounced impluviums
Vines: Aglianico 85%, Other native vines 15%
# of plants per hectare: 4.500
Training system: Espalier, Guyot
Harvest period: Third decade of October
Harvest: Manual
Vinification: Selection of bunches, destemming and selection of racemes and immature berries, followed by maceration and fermentation for about 10 days at controlled temperatures of 20°/22° C.
Aging: About 3 months in bottle

History of the label:

Sacred Bull Coin V/IV B.C. Safnio in Oscan, indicated the Nation

of the Safini, descendants of the Samnites, Safinas Tutas.

The Samnite symbol is the sacred Bull of the foundation rite of the Ver Sacrum, led by the god Mars, indicating the place for the new community to the young sacrati.

The totemic image was coined on the coins by the Samnites bearing the name of Sannio Safinimand the name of Italy Vìteliù.