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Cenatiempo, Ischia Forastera, 2024

White Wine from Other Italy, Italy
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A lean, salty white from a grape that grows essentially nowhere but Ischia — Forastera, the island's high-acid, low-alcohol native, which Pasquale Cenatiempo turns into something that tastes far more like a mountain wine than a wine made within sight of Naples. His importer reaches for Blanc de Morgex as the comparison, and that's the right neighborhood: stony, racy, built on nerve rather than weight. The family has been at this since 1945, when Pasquale's father Francesco founded the winery, and Pasquale farms fourteen tiny terraces of volcanic soil by hand — viticoltura eroica, heroic viticulture, because none of it can be mechanized and almost none of it makes economic sense. Organic farming, biodynamic principles on the larger parcels, indigenous yeasts, steel and cement, no oak anywhere. Ischia has been making wine for nearly three thousand years, since it was one of the first Greek colonies in the western Mediterranean, and it's still one of Italy's most overlooked white wine sources — which is exactly why bottles like this overdeliver.

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More about Cenatiempo

Founded in 1945 on Ischia's volcanic slopes, Cenatiempo is still making mineral, wine-focused reds and whites from island natives like Biancolella and Forastera. Organic farming, cement vats, wild yeast—low-tech, high-integrity island winemaking.

Wine Details

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Crisp

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled branzino with lemon and olive oil, spaghetti alle vongole, fritto misto, mozzarella di bufala with anchovy, oysters and raw scallops, or a plate of fried zucchini blossoms.

Tasting Profile

Dry and light-bodied, with aromas of lemon peel, green herbs and wet stone. High, nervy acidity and a distinctly salty, mineral character; modest in alcohol, no oak influence at all. The finish is clean, brisk and stony rather than fruity. Serve well chilled.

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