Galardi

Galardi is a winery located in Italy in northwestern Campania, established in 1991. The Terra di Lavoro farm in Galardi managed by a group of friends and relatives with the help of Riccardo Cotarella, has managed to make excellent wines from Aglianico and Piedirosso. The red wine of pride for the company is Terra di Lavoro.

Sessa Aurunca has never been considered an area for exceptional wines, the protagonists of Galardi had never professionally dealt with oenology, and the wine they proposed was the result of a blend that, although part of the local tradition, had not previously led to something of such remarkable importance. But the consultant they chose, Riccardo Cotarella , soon realized that this wine, a combination of Aglianico (for power and structure) and Piedirosso (for the aroma and complexity) gave magical results in these hills.

The estate is made up of around 10 hectares (25 acres) of hillside vineyards with volcanic soils. These vineyards are about 1300ft (400m) above sea level and are planted solely to Aglianico and Piedirosso. Yields at the estate are low; only a couple of thousand bottles of Terra di Lavoro are produced annually.Terra di Lavoro, meaning Land of Work, relates to the challenging cultivation of fruit from the estate's rocky soils. The wine is composed of 80 percent Aglianico and 20 percent Piedirosso and spends one year in new French oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

No one could have doubted the professional skills of this consultant, but beyond his contribution, it soon became obvious that it was the soil and climate that gave this wine an extraordinary character, with a unique personality, an irresistible smell and palate, a incomparable depth and length. Despite the increase in production, these characteristics that have made Terra di Lavoro one of the best wines in Italy have been preserved to this day.