🍇 Falanghina
A white grape of Campania; Falanghina del Sannio comes as still, sparkling and sweet passito wines (from 16 % vol.).
Falanghina is a white wine grape from Campania in southern Italy. Its best-known wine is Falanghina del Sannio from the province of Benevento: a fresh, dry white with a delicate floral and fruity aroma. The same grape is also made there into sparkling wines, late-harvest wines and sweet passito.
The VIVC catalogue keeps this passport under the name Falanghina flegrea, after the Phlegraean Fields near Naples. Among its 18 synonyms are Falanghina Campi Flegrei, Falerna and Uva falerna. The parents are unknown. According to VIVC, Falanghina covered 833 ha in Italy in 1982.
The technical file of Falanghina del Sannio sets out the subzones Guardia Sanframondi (or Guardiolo), Sant'Agata dei Goti, Solopaca and Taburno. The still wine is straw yellow, with a dry, fresh, balanced taste, and after ageing in wood a light woody note. The minimum strength is 11 % vol., and 16 % for passito from dried grapes. Sparkling wines may also be made by the traditional method, with a second fermentation in the bottle.
The grape is also part of other Campanian appellations, from the Phlegraean Fields and Vesuvius to the Costa d'Amalfi, so its name often turns up on labels from southern Italy.
Why it matters to you. Falanghina del Sannio on a label is Falanghina from the province of Benevento; a subzone name such as Taburno or Solopaca narrows the place down. The word passito means a sweet wine from dried grapes. White wines are served at 4–10 °C and stored lying down, in the dark, at 10–16 °C.
Facts
| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Region | Campania: Benevento (Falanghina del Sannio) |
| Main use | wine grape |
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Falanghina → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Traditions
- 🧑🤝🧑 Italians
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Campania, 📍 Campi Flegrei, 📍 Sannio
- Main grape in
- 📜 Falanghina del Sannio, 📜 Galluccio, 📜 Benevento, 📍 Campania, 📜 Penisola Sorrentina, 📍 Vesuvius, 📍 Campi Flegrei, 📜 Capri, 📜 Costa d'Amalfi, 📜 Falerno del Massico, 📍 Sannio
- Related to
- 🍷 Serrocielo, 🍷 Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi Bianco, 🍷 Mastroberardino Falanghina del Sannio, 🍷 Mastro Bianco, 🍷 Morabianca, 🍷 Sparkling wine, 🍷 Sweet wine
Frequently asked questions
Where does Falanghina come from?
From Campania; VIVC lists it as Falanghina flegrea, after the Phlegraean Fields.
Which wines are made from Falanghina?
Still dry, sparkling, late-harvest and passito (Falanghina del Sannio file).
Is it true that Falanghina is made only into dry wine?
No. The file also allows sweet passito (from 16 % vol.) and late-harvest wines.
What do Taburno or Solopaca on a label mean?
They are subzones of the Falanghina del Sannio appellation.
How should Falanghina wine be served?
Like most whites, chilled to 4–10 °C.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 Sannio — The hills of Benevento with Falanghina.
- 🍷 Mastro Bianco — Mastro Bianco: white wine by Mastroberardino from Atripalda in Irpinia; Campania Bianco IGT.
- 🧑🤝🧑 Italians — The people of Italy; their cuisine rests on wine, olive oil and cheese, and in 2025 the country made 44.4 million hectolitres of wine, the most in the world.
- 🍷 Sweet wine — Wines with a lot of grape sugar, from 45 g/l: dried, overripe, botrytised or frozen grapes; EU categories 15 and 16.
Similar
🍇 Aglianico · 🍇 Piedirosso · 🍇 Ribolla Gialla · 🍇 Dolcetto · 🍇 Uva di Troia · 🍇 Sauvignon Vert
Sources
- eAmbrosia — technical file: PDO «Falanghina del Sannio» (Ares(2014)1961357)
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Falanghina flegrea
- Simons C.T. Left out in the cold: Serving wines chilled. Temperature, 2019