Megonio 2022 - Calabria IGT Rosso (91/100)
Red wines
Megonio
IGT Calabria
Made from Magliocco grapes, a historic Calabrian variety grown in the hills of our ‘Tenuta Rosaneti’, this is a red with a distinctive character and structure that best represents the essence of our territory.
Named after a Roman centurion who lived in our land in the second century AD, and who was the first to write about our wine-making traditions.
Production region
Calabria
Production area
Rocca di Neto e Casabona
Megonio
IGT Calabria
Made from Magliocco grapes, a historic Calabrian variety grown in the hills of our ‘Tenuta Rosaneti’, this is a red with a distinctive character and structure that best represents the essence of our territory.
Named after a Roman centurion who lived in our land in the second century AD, and who was the first to write about our wine-making traditions.
Production region
Calabria
Production area
Rocca di Neto e Casabona
limestone and clay loam.
Soil Typology
limestone and clay loam.
spurred cordon,
5.000 plants/ha.
Training system and planting density
spurred cordon,
5.000 plants/ha.
65 quintals,
40 hectolitres.
Yield per hectare
65 quintals,
40 hectolitres.
A grape variety found throughout the region, as demonstrated by its many alternative names. Magliocco wines show excellent concentration and structure with peculiar hints of dark berries and spices.
Harvesting Period
first ten days
of October.
first ten days
of October.
Winemaking
Optimal consumption of wine period
after five years.
after five years.
