Azienda Agricola Elena Fucci

Highlights:

• Elena Fucci Winery born in 2000 and is one of the most important winery of South Italy. We are a boutique winery, organic and sustainable.
• ‘I’m a young woman and my wine has to be modern, not modernist,’ Fucci says. ‘I respect this grape and the unique terroir it comes from.
• Titolo Classic, one of the most important and iconic wines of Italy, It is included in all the lists of the best Italian wines.
• Fucci’s scientific bent is clearly stimulated by the technical aspects of winemaking; she’s keen on experimenting, too. When I saw wines being made in egg-shaped amphorae I wanted to try Aglianico that way. I now use four of them and am pleased with the results. The wines are a little more concentrated and accentuate the minerality & saltiness of our volcano
• Visit to the vineyards where the Titolo Classico cru is born, an illustration of the peculiarities of the territory. Visit to the cellars, illustration of the production process and Elena Fucci style. Guided tasting follows.

Winery Description:

Fucci, who was born in 1981, is at the epicentre of the ‘renaissance’ of the Aglianico grape in Basilicata. The region is one of Italy’s smallest, with just 580,000 inhabitants. Her decision to run the estate was made in 2000 when her parents, both teachers, were debating whether to sell the land and the 16th-century casa colonica (‘farmhouse’) in Barile, in the heart of the DOC region, where she grew up. ‘I had just finished high school and had been considering a career in genetic engineering, but I felt I couldn’t let that sale happen. So I obtained a degree in oenology and agronomy in Pisa before coming back down here in 2005. My bond with this area was too strong to break.’ Her parents were delighted with Fucci’s decision. ‘We cleared out the old cellar and got started,’ she recalls. ‘My first harvest produced just 1,200 bottles and I sold the rest of the grapes. Now, 25 years later, I’m producing 35,000 bottles per year.’ She also makes an extra-virgin olive oil.

Wine types: White, Rose, Red, Organic, Spirits

Grape Varieties: Aglianico del Vulture

Winery Capacity: 30

Facilities: EV Charger, Free Parking, Free WiFi, Kids and Family Friendly, Panoramic View, Pet Friendly, Reduced Mobility Access, Tasting Room, Vineyards, Wine Cellar, Wine Shop