Tenuta del Conte is the wine estate of the Parrilla family, winegrowers for four generations in Cirò Marina, in the province of Crotone, at the heart of the Cirò appellation in Calabria. An artisanal winery that faithfully expresses the grape varieties and the landscape of this historic corner of the Ionian coast.

The first vineyards were planted between 1960 and 1965. For years, Francesco Parrilla delivered the grapes to a cooperative, while continuing to produce bulk wine; since 2004 the family has chosen to bottle the entire harvest. The children, Mariangela, Giuseppe and Caterina, inherited about fifteen hectares of vineyard, and since 2011 Mariangela has led the estate as an artisan producer.

The vineyards have been farmed organically since 2010: legume cover crops to supply nitrogen, spontaneous grasses mown to regulate vine vigor, and treatments limited to sulfur and copper. The parcels Terre Rosse, Marinetto, Almerìca and Ponta, on iron-rich, calcareous, sandy or white clays, are planted to Gaglioppo, the flagship grape of Cirò, and to Greco Bianco, trained to spur-pruned cordon or alberello (bush vines). Harvest takes place between late September and early October.

In the cellar the grapes are vinified according to traditional methods, with spontaneous fermentations, no selected yeasts and limited use of sulfites, so that each bottle tells the story of its vintage. The range includes Cirò Bianco DOC from Greco Bianco, the skin-contact Diversamente Cirò Bianco, Cirò Rosato DOC from Gaglioppo, Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore and Cirò Riserva DOC Dalla Terra.

Between the Ionian Sea and the Sila plateau, where vines have been cultivated since the days of Magna Graecia, Tenuta del Conte safeguards the most authentic identity of Cirò.