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Cantine Antonio Mazzella

The island of Ischia is spectacularly beautiful, and its wines are quickly becoming yet another reason to visit. Personally, I never tire of a stopping at Cantine Antonio Mazzella, which is a great example of the positive changes occurring today not just on Ischia but in the wine scene of Italy in general. Siblings Nicola and Vera Mazzella are slowly turning an already good winery that was once content with selling grapes and wines, including some made on the mainland, into one of Italy’s emerging stars. Not every wine made here thrills me, but as I have witnessed steady improvement over the last ten years, I am excited by what is taking place. Furthermore, the family deserves credit for having always been at the forefront of the protecting and cultivating ancient, little-known grapes native to the island. This year they will bottle small volumes of monovarietal wines made from the Arilla and San Lunardo cultivars. The top wine from Antonio Mazzella is the single-vineyard Biancolella Vigna del Lume, made from grapes grown only 70 meters above sea level on a promontory jutting out into the sea from the south-eastern side of the island and overlooking the Grotta del Mago ("the magician’s grotto"). Have you ever heard of "extreme viticulture"? Well, this place is so steep that rather than try to hand-carry the grapes up the slope and across the island, the estate loads them onto a boat and sails them all the way around the island and back to the winery.

From Campania: Made in Italy (Sep 2015) by Ian D'Agata

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2014 Bianco (Ischia)

Color: White

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