Grape: Pecorino, Passerina, Trebbiano
Region: Falerio dei Colli Ascolani, Marche, Italy

Distributor's Notes:

"Our Falerio Avora is one of our favorite wines, produced by our grandfather and then by our father. Falerio is one of the oldest DOCs in the Marche region, produced in the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo and for decades it was the only white DOC in the south of our region. From a blend of Pecorino, Passerina and Trebbiano, the grapes are harvested in our 40 and 60 year old vineyards, macerated on the skins for 8-18 hours (times vary according to the vintage and variety) spontaneously fermented at a controlled temperature with pied de cuve . After fermentation we leave the wine to age sur lies for about 10 months during which we batonnage every 15 days. The name Avora is a Piceno dialect term that indicates a vineyard exposed to the Bora (a bora -a vora) therefore facing north/northeast. And it is precisely on this side that we grow our white grapes, its characteristic is that it is always very windy and that it only encounters the sun's rays until the early afternoon hours. These characteristics of freshness are then found in the wine which, even in the hottest years, always manages to express its freshness. Furthermore, the age of the vineyards and the proximity to the sea means that one of the main characteristics is the ever-present sapidity. Avora is characterized both on the nose and in the mouth by herbaceous and citrus aromas as well as by a good volume in the mouth due to the aging on the lees. On the label Sibilla (detail) by Valeria Colonnella."