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Argillae

Allerona · Terni (TR)
← Umbria
Established
Bonollo family
Yearly production
Location
Allerona, Terni, Umbria
Terni (TR)
Vineyard area

Appellations

Orvieto DOCUmbria IGT

History

The Bonollo family, distillers since the early 1900s, planted Argillae on the eroded clay hills north of Orvieto in the mid-1980s.

Now led by Giulia Di Cosimo and farmed organically, it makes the Orvieto and Umbria whites from native grapes on the calanchi soils.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Orvieto
Orvieto DOC · Grechetto, Procanico
White of the clay calanchi north of Orvieto.
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