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Guardia Sanframondi or Guardiolo (DOC)

uardia Sanframondi is a beautiful, small medieval town to the east of Naples, in the province of Benevento, with a typical medieval layout, well-preserved buildings and narrow, picturesque alleys.

The Guardia Sanframondi D.O.C. wines are produced in a restricted area that includes four municipalities in Valle Telesina, all of which boast a very high concentration of vineyards. In spite of the age-old appearance of this land, the winegrowers here avail of state-of-the-art methods and cellars. The technologically advanced local winegrowers' cooperative has around one thousand members as well as many winemaking experts who put their expertise at the disposal of the producers.

The wines produced here are all, with a just one exception, traditional wines obtained from grapes that have been grown in this land since times immemorial: Aglianico, Sangiovese, Falanghina, and Malvasia Bianca di Candia. The exception mentioned above is a very interesting sparkling wine obtained from versatile Falanghina grapes. This sparkling wine, which is made using the most up-to-date methods, has a triumphant, assertive personality.

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