Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco Fiorduva 2016 Marisa Cuomo

Furore Bianco Doc Fiorduva Costa d'Amalfi is an Extreme wine with the taste of the sea and the color of the sun produced from Ginestra grapes, Ripoli and Fenile which gives it structure and softness.  A white wine of excellent quality for marine salinity and longevity. On the nose, aromas of apricot, broom flowers and exotic fruit. In the mouth it is soft, full with lots of minerality. An elegant and harmonious wine, certainly one of the best white wines of Italy

Furore Bianco Fiorduva DOC (Denomination of Controlled Origin) is a white wine produced by the Marisa Cuomo cellars in the municipality of Furore, on the Amalfi coast, in the Campania region. A passionate wine that is born on the rock and has the taste of the sea. Furore, with its houses set in the mountain and its fjord is one of the most evocative and picturesque seaside villages of the Amalfi Coast, a heritage of the Amalfi Coast. Unesco since 1997.

"Amalfi coast, where the rocky and impervious land overturns into the deep sea. Where for centuries men have fought against nature to wrest space and life from it, to give the taste full of memory of invincible wines, heroic wines."

Along the slopes of these mountains overlooking the sea, caressed by fresh sea winds and kissed by the warm summer sun, the local grapes of Ginestra, Fenile and Ripoli. Ancient vineyards rescued from neglect and the abandonment of time and brought back to a new splendor thanks to the courage and passion of Andrea Ferraioli and Marisa Cuomo.

Fiorduva is a white in the Wines Extreme category made from Ginestra grapes , Ripoli and Fenile which gives it structure and softness. The vineyards, located between 200 and 550 meters above sea level, have a type of calcareous dolomic rocky soil.

The ripe grapes are harvested manually and arrive in the cellar intact. After soft pressing, the free-run must, after cold static clarification and inoculation of selected yeasts, ferments at a temperature of 12°C for about three months in oak barriques.

Awards and Recognitions

• Oscar 2006 Best White of Italy
• Three Glasses Gambero Rosso
• Cinque Grappoli AIS
• Medal of #39;Gold Selection of the Mayor City of Wine 
• Silver Medal Selection of the Mayor City of Wine
• Gold Medal Competition Femmes et Vins du Monde France
• Best of Class Award Limited Production USA
• Special Mention Vinitaly International Wine Competition
• Grand Gold Medal at the Cervim International Mountain Wine Competition
• Top 100 Papillon Club
• Best white wine 2012 Gusto Cortina Wine & Food Festival