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Amphora Wines

Amphora Wines

Wines in amphora contain the magic of an ancestral time . This ancient practice dates back to prehistoric times and is a phenomenon still universally widespread in Georgia and Armenia, where the vine was domesticated for the first time in the dawn of time. Terracotta jars are therefore the oldest known oenological containers, used for both wine making and storage, before being forgotten in modern times throughout the West. In recent decades, while searching for production methods as traditional and genuine as possible, have been rediscovered all over the world. This trend was launched in Europe by Josko Gravner in 1996 and is now growing. Very special productions are born, with great character and an ancient and inimitable charm.

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Vernatxa Orange 'Ashut' Terra00 2022
Terra 00
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Catalogna (Spain)
18,80 €16,60 
16,60 
'The New Wave Girl' Malaparte
Malaparte
75 cl / 12.5% | Castiglia e Leon (Spain)
17,50 €15,50 
15,50 
Albana Secco in Anfora 'Vitalba' Tre Monti 2023
4/4
Vitae AIS
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Tre Monti
2023 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
21,90 
21,90 
Rosato 'Primo Fuoco' Fattoria di Sammontana 2024
Fattoria di Sammontana
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
15,80 €14,00 
14,00 
Clarete 'Per l'amor de déu' Terra00 2022
Terra 00
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Catalogna (Spain)
17,20 
17,20 
Rosso 'Primo Fuoco' Fattoria di Sammontana 2022
Fattoria di Sammontana
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
16,40 
16,40 
Last One Left!
'Libello' Sequerciani 2022
Sequerciani
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
19,70 
19,70 
Trebbiano Spoletino 'Anteprima Tonda' Antonelli San Marco 2023
3/4
Vitae AIS
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
92/100
Veronelli
Antonelli San Marco
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Umbria (Italy)
19,50 
19,50 
Tempranillo 'Zaranda El Viejo Frances' Tierra Savia 2022
Tierra Savia
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Andalusia (Spain)
17,40 €15,40 
15,40 
'Pico Lunar' Anfora Malaparte
Malaparte
75 cl / 14% | Castiglia e Leon (Spain)
17,50 
17,50 
White Wine Casa Belfi
Casa Belfi
75 cl / 12% | Veneto (Italy)
14,20 
14,20 
Quartara Lunarossa 2020
88/100
Robert Parker
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Lunarossa
2020 | 75 cl / 13% | Campania (Italy)
34,00 
34,00 
Cielo Sommerso' Tenuta San Marcello 2023
Tenuta San Marcello
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Marche (Italy)
34,50 €31,10 
31,10 
Rosato in Anfora 'Agathe' Camerani - Corte Sant'Alda 2023
Camerani
2023 | 75 cl / 12% | Veneto (Italy)
17,90 €15,70 
15,70 
Parrona Bianco 'Piu' Anfora Tierra Savia 2022
Tierra Savia
2022 | 75 cl / 10.5% | Andalusia (Spain)
20,10 
20,10 
Last One Left!
Rosso Casa Belfi
Casa Belfi
75 cl / 12% | Veneto (Italy)
13,40 
13,40 
Last One Left!
Grillo 'Integer' Marco De Bartoli 2022
De Bartoli
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
34,50 
34,50 
Grignolino Sette 2023
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
Sette
2023 | 75 cl / 14% | Piemonte (Italy)
16,30 €14,70 
14,70 
'Indisciplinato' Tenuta San Marcello 2022
Tenuta San Marcello
2022 | 75 cl / 15% | Marche (Italy)
25,00 
25,00 
Quartara Lunarossa 2021
88/100
Robert Parker
4/4
Vitae AIS
Lunarossa
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Campania (Italy)
34,50 €29,30 
29,30 
Zibibbo Secco in Pithos Cos 2022
Cos
2022 | 75 cl / 11% | Sicilia (Italy)
27,90 
27,90 
Trebbiano 'Amforeas' Marco Ludovico 2024
Marco Ludovico
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Puglia (Italy)
20,90 
20,90 
Bianco Sette 2023
Sette
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
17,60 
17,60 
Only 2 left!
Verdello in Anfora La Palazzola 2019
La Palazzola
2019 | 75 cl / 14% | Umbria (Italy)
16,50 
16,50 
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 'Anfora' Cirelli 2022
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Cirelli
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Abruzzo (Italy)
28,00 
28,00 
'Io Cammino da Solo' Ricci
3/4
Vitae AIS
Ricci Daniele
75 cl / 13.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
43,60 
43,60 
'Costa Baiano' Villa Raiano 2019
91/100
Robert Parker
3/4
Vitae AIS
Villa Raiano
2019 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Campania (Italy)
19,90 €16,90 
16,90 
Ribolla Gialla Anfora Gravner 2015
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
Gravner
2015 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
140,00 
140,00 
Greco in Anfora 'Sophia' Cantina Giardino 2022
Cantina Giardino
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Campania (Italy)
33,50 €30,20 
30,20 
Only 2 left!
Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 'Anfora' Cirelli 2022
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
4/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Cirelli
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Abruzzo (Italy)
30,00 
30,00 
Last One Left!
Chenin Blanc 'Metamorphika' Costador 2020
Costador
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Catalogna (Spain)
35,00 
35,00 
Only 3 left!
'Colle Fregiara' Anfora Annesanti 2021
3/4
Vitae AIS
Annesanti
2021 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Umbria (Italy)
26,90 €24,20 
24,20 
Costacielo Rosato Lunarossa 2024
Lunarossa
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Campania (Italy)
18,50 
18,50 
Costacielo Rosso Lunarossa 2020
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Lunarossa
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Campania (Italy)
18,30 
18,30 
Rosso in Anfora 'A' Villa Venti 2023
4/4
Vitae AIS
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
Villa Venti
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
24,40 
24,40 
Last One Left!
'790 Pecats' Loxarel 2020
Loxarel
2020 | 75 cl / 15.5% | Penedès (Spain)
27,90 
27,90 
Surnat 1701 2022
1701 Franciacorta
2022 | 75 cl / 12% | Lombardia (Italy)
19,40 
19,40 
Only 2 left!
'Fos Anfora' Valdisole
Valdisole
75 cl / 12% | Piemonte (Italy)
28,90 
28,90 
'Acqua della Serpa' in Anfora Annesanti 2022
3/4
Vitae AIS
Annesanti
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Umbria (Italy)
27,30 
27,30 
Last One Left!
Pithos Rosso Anfora Cos 2022
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
Cos
2022 | 75 cl / 10.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
25,70 
25,70 
Perdixi' Olianas 2022
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/5
Bibenda
Vino Slow
Slow Wine
Olianas - Le Anfore
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Sardegna (Italy)
22,50 
22,50 
Rifermentato in bottiglia '24 Lune' Lunarossa
3/4
Vitae AIS
Lunarossa
75 cl / 12% | Campania (Italy)
19,90 
19,90 
Vernatxa Negra 'La bestia' Terra00 2022
Terra 00
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Catalogna (Spain)
16,50 
16,50 
Albana Secco 'InTerra' Tenuta La Viola 2022
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Tenuta La Viola
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
28,90 
28,90 
'Ox' Blanco Malaparte - 50cl
Malaparte
50 cl / 14% | Castiglia e Leon (Spain)
20,00 
20,00 
Last One Left!
'Mattio' Francesco Cadinu 2023
4/5
Bibenda
Francesco Cadinu
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Sardegna (Italy)
31,50 
31,50 
Fiano 'Tu-Tu' Cantina Giardino 2021
Cantina Giardino
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Campania (Italy)
33,80 
33,80 
Ansonica 'Ex-Temporaneo' Macchion dei Lupi 2021
Macchion dei Lupi
2021 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Toscana (Italy)
28,00 
28,00 

Amphora Wines and a New Discovery of Tradition


The use of terracotta by producers responds to the need to go back to the origins, rediscovering that ancient relationship between man and nature dated thousands of years ago. This trend is now increasingly widespread throughout the world, especially in western countries with a more solid enological tradition, including Italy and Spain.

The pioneer of the rediscovery of wine in amphora was Josko of the Gravner winery who, starting from 1996, began to produce his Ribolla Gialla with long macerations on the skins in underground gerogian containers called Qvevri, Inspired by the traditions still active in the countries of the Caucasus. A few years later, Giusto Occhipinti of the Sicilian winery COS inaugurated the use of Spanish terracotta containers called Tinajas for the production of Cerasuolo di Vittoria, soon convincing his friend Elisabetta Foradori to do the same with Teroldego in Trentino.

Since then, many producers have followed this path and today, given the spread of the phenomenon worldwide, there are those who have said "amphora is the new barrique", to give an idea of the global importance of this production revolution. The reasons for this success are essentially the benefits of terracotta for the production of artisanal wines, produced with long maceration on skins and without additives. These positive properties consist of:

  • Excellent thermal insulation, also favoured by the possibility of burying containers;
  • Constant oxygenation, made possible by the porosity of the material;
  • Ability to keep the fruit whole without transfer of substances between the container and the liquid, thus bringing out the varietal character.

All these benefits result in the possibility of slow fermentation with maceration on the skins without the need to resort to external agents, such as sulphur, flavourings, yeasts and other additives. Everything seems very simple but the possibilities and production methods are actually very varied.

Various Production Methods

The production of wines made in amphora can present several variables and is today strongly subject to experimental approaches. In Italy, there is a tendency to scrape the grapes and fill the containers with must and skins, relying on spontaneous fermentation and trying not to use sulfites and oenological additives. The fermentation phase generally lasts a few days, during which time it is possible to intervene by manual felling, that is, by circulating the vinasse in the must again. At the end of this process, the maceration on the skins of the must can last for several months, favoring a significant release of aromatic substances.

In Georgia, where the tradition of the Qvevri has remained active and vital to the present day, a distinction is made between:

  • Kekheti method, which provides for the presence of the marc in the must throughout vinification:
  • Imereti method, with presence of about 10% of the grape marc without stalks;
  • Kartli method, with the presence of about 30% of the marc with the stalks.

A constant for the production of amphora wine is therefore the total or partial presence of the marc in the must during the whole fermentation or even more, both with regard to whites and reds. A key variable concerns the type of earthenware container to be used:

  • Qvevri from Georgia are large containers with an average capacity of 1,000 litres. They do not have handles, they are covered internally with a layer of beeswax and externally with lime. They are intended to be buried and, very often, left open to allow the dispersion of carbon dioxide;
  • Tinajas produced in Spain do not exceed 80 hl and are sometimes covered with a layer of pitch. They are rarely buried and are often closed with lids;
  • The great clay vases of Tuscany, linked to the tradition of Impruneta. The Tuscan terracotta is porous but robust, so it does not need coatings.

In addition to these variables, there are many others and each producer can choose how to conduct the production method, taking into account the style he wants to obtain and, above all, the type of vine used. Ribolla Gialla grapes need, for example, long macerations to express their intense aromatic profile while a red grape as the Aglianico tends to give life to very structured expressions also reducing the period of contact with the skins.

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