LIBRANDI

The Librandi wine company is headquartered at Ciro' Marina, an attractive small town on the Ionian coast of Calabria near Punta Alice, a southern promontory on the Gulf of Taranto. This area is ideally suited for grape growing due to its excellent clay soil and its location between the sea and the Sila Mountains which creates extreme differences in day and night-time temperatures. The Librandi family has grown grapes in this area for four generations.

In the 1950s Antonio Librandi began bottling the family’s wines. Today the responsibility for running the company is divided between Antonio who acts as administrator and his brother Nicodemo who personally oversees production. They are assisted by Antonio’s sons Raffaele and Walter, who are responsible for sales, distribution and marketing.

Donato Lanati, who is Professor of Enology at the Universities of Turin and Rome as well as a consultant for some of Italy’s top wine companies, has overseen Librandi’s technical development starting with the 1998 vintage