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Costa d'Amalfi DOC

Vines on cliff terraces between Sorrento and Salerno, farmed by hand on pergolas above the sea. The whites are the story: Falanghina and Biancolella blends with lemon, white peach, fennel, wild herbs and a strong saline mineral note, and in Marisa Cuomo's Fiorduva a barrel-fermented blend of rare local grapes (Fenile, Ginestra, Ripoli) with apricot, candied citrus and honey. Reds from Piedirosso and the ancient Tintore vines of Tramonti are earthy, pale and sour-cherry fresh. Prices reflect the labor and the postcard.

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Marisa Cuomo
Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco
Falanghina and Biancolella from the Gran Furor cellar carved into the cliff; lemon, fennel, sea salt and a taut finish.
$26 to $32Wine-Searcher
Marisa Cuomo
Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco 'Fiorduva'
The coast's famous white, barrel-fermented Fenile, Ginestra and Ripoli; apricot, candied orange, honey and a long mineral finish.
$55 to $70Wine-Searcher
Tenuta San Francesco
Costa d'Amalfi Tramonti Rosso
Piedirosso, Aglianico and pre-phylloxera Tintore from the high Tramonti valley; earthy, sour-cherry, herbal red with light tannin.
$22 to $30Wine-Searcher