Rapillo di Antonella Consilia Volpe

Azienda Agricola Rapillo is a biodynamic farm located in Serrone in the heart of the Ciociaria 350 meters above sea level between the Valle del Latini and the Arcinazzo plateaus. This is a scraggy nearly inhospitable volcanic terrain -- in fact its name means ‘serrated’ -- not conveniently located near an Autostrada nor near anyone’s beaten path really. So hard to reach that, though it’s only 50 miles from Rome, the indigenous people called the Ernici remained independent from Rome until 300 AD. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that we do things our own way here. We have several small parcels of land scattered throughout our mountain. The soil ranges from terra rossa to sand and limestone. We grow Cesanese, Passerina del Frusinate, and a just a little bit of Ciliegiolo.