Tenuta Cavalier Pepe is located in Luogosano in Avellino province in the Campania region of Italy. It makes white wines under the Greco di Tufo DOCG and Fiano di Avellino DOCG and red wines under the Taurasi DOCG.

Owner: Milena Pepe and family. Belgian. She is an oenologist, studied in Macon. “A southern Italian winery with a French touch.”

Staff: PR Roberta Raia (met her at a tasting in Taurasi 11th Jun 2015).

Vineyards: 40ha of vineyards (I was told 55ha in 2015). Vines in Sant’Angelo All’Esca, Luogosano, Taurasi. 300-600 metres. Mainly S/SE. Lots of plots. Cordon per for red.

Olives:10ha olives (mainly a local cultivar called Ravece).

Sparkling wines

Oro Spumante Bianco: Spumante di Qualità. From vines in Luogosano, Loc Carazita. 350 m. Slopes. SE-facing. Autoclave.

Oro Spumante Rosato, Oro Rosé:

White wines

Bianco di Bellona Coda di Volpe:

Beneventano Bianco IGP, Falanghina, Lila: 2010 . 100% Falanghina.

Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Refiano:

Fiano di Avellino, Brancato:

Greco di Tufo DOCG, Grancare

Greco di Tufo DOCG, Nestor:

Irpinia Falanghina IGT, Santa Vara

Pink wines

Rosato del Varo: From Aglianico in Luogosano and Sant’Angelo all’Esca.

Vela Vento Vulcano Rosato: From Aglianico in Luogosano and Sant’Angelo all’Esca.

Red wines

Irpinia Aglianico:

Irpinia Rosso, Terra del Varo Aglianico: 2008 85% Aglianico, 15% Merlot.

Irpinia Rosso, SanSerino: 2009 70% Aglianico, 30% Sangiovese.

Rosso, Terra del Varo:

Santo Stefano, Irpinia Campi Taurasini Rosso, Aglianico: 100% Aglianico.

Irpinia Campi Taurasi: 2009 100% Aglianico. 14.0%. Nice, old fashioned, smoky. Delicious fruit and tannin from both grape and wood, and weight, lovely. 93 points at the Radici del Sud competition, 14th June Saturday 2015.

Taurasi DOCG, Tenuta Cavalier Pepe

Taurasi DOCG, Opera Mia: 2009 L280. 100% Aglianico. 12m barrel (mainly Allier new French). 10,000 bottles. Ripe nose, dark berries, new oak too, ripe. Nice and savoury, sweet, quite dry too at a tasting in Taurasi 11th June 2015.

Taurasi DOCG Riserva, La Loggia del Cavaliere: 100% Aglianco. | 2013 Best Red Wine or Miglior Vino Rosso at 5Star Wines The Book 2020. 97 points. Tasting note: ‘Deep ruby. Multi-layered nose of precise dark fruit, with bramble, black cherry, blueberry sticking out, along with sweet spices. Lovely full-bodied mouth-feel with great balance between the high acidity and the ripe and fine grained tannins. The oak is still present so this wine needs more ageing. Long velvety aftertaste. Beautiful.’

Passito wines

Fiano Passito, Chicco d’Or: From Fiano in Luogosano and Sant’Angelo all’Esca.

Contact

Tenuta Cavalier Pepe

Via San Francesco de Sanctis

I-83040 Luogosano (AV–Avellino), Italy

www.tenutapepe.it