Cantine Viola
Saracena · Cosenza (CS)
Established
1999
Luigi Viola
Yearly production
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Location
Saracena
Cosenza (CS) · Calabria
Vineyard area
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estate
Appellations
Terre di Cosenza DOC
History
Luigi Viola, a Saracena primary-school teacher (born 1941), inherited a vineyard in 1975 and learned the oral passito recipe from his mother, Donna Nuccia.
On retiring in 1999 he founded Cantine Viola to rescue the 16th-century Moscato al Governo di Saracena from disappearance.
It became a Slow Food Presidium in 2004; the whole family (wife Margherita and sons Roberto, Alessandro and Claudio) now takes part.
Wines
Illustrative selectionMoscato al Governo di Saracena
Historic passito; Slow Food Presidium.
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Grapes of these appellations
Who else makes these wines
- Terre di Cosenza DOC18 others
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