white grape · regional specialty
Falanghina
Campi Flegrei, Campania, Italy
Say it
fah·lahn·gee·nah
The 'gh' digraph keeps the G hard before 'i'; stress falls on the third syllable.
On the palate
Body
light medium
Acidity
high
Aromatics
pronounced
lemongrapefruitgreen applewhite peachhoneysucklesalinity
How you spot it blind: Persistent volcanic salinity from porous, sea-adjacent Campi Flegrei soils
The story
First written down · 1804, Campania, Italy
DNA profiling in 2005 confirmed Falanghina Flegrea and Falanghina Beneventana are genetically distinct varieties long conflated under one name, while winemaker Leonardo Mustilli had already triggered the modern revival with his 1979 single-variety bottling.
Where it lives
Campi Flegrei DOC · Falerno del Massico DOC · Falanghina del Sannio DOC · Sannio DOC
Shows up as
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