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Tommasone La Pietra
Region: Campania
La Pietra is an historical Ischia island winery that ceased to operate when Tommaso Monti died in the 80's. Antonio, Tommaso's son at the time was in Germany running a small hotel and restaurant. In 2000 he decided that was time to spend his efforts on the land and vines he inherited. With the help of Renato Germini from Friuli they renovated the winery in order to have available the state of the art technology while respecting the traditional winemaking techniques. Lucia, Antonio's daughter, took over the operation in the vineyards and in the winery since 2008.
The vines (total extension is 12 acres for a production of almost 40 thousand bottles) are trained with a single Guyot trelling system with a maximum of 5 buds per vine. That ensures to get the best quality bunches from the vines. The altitude (over 600ft), the soil - the typical "tufo verde" green tufa - a siliceous calcareous and friable rock coming from volcanic eruptions plus clay sediments on the top, the constant presence of some breeze and - of course given the position - of the sun are all indication of high potential wines.
Three whites and two reds are made; grapes grown are Biancolella Forestera and Fiano for the whites; Aglianico, Piedirosso and Montepulciano for red wines.
