Campania · Benevento

Malaca

Amber, liquor-like, dried fruit, apricot, pineapple, sweet yet fermented.

Geo AMethod A relevant portion of must is concentrated by boiling eight to ten hours in open copper or steel kettles, combined with fermenting must, fermented forty days in chestnut or oak barrels, sealed, then aged three years in cellar.

What it is

A sweet hydroalcoholic cooked-must wine-drink from Guardia Sanframondi, amber and liquor-like, made from late-harvest local white grapes.

Origin place card

The official sheet fixes it at Guardia Sanframondi, with traditional cellars dug into calcareous subsoil.

Verified history

Historical depth remains limited; the direct-read source supports identity/core product description but not deeper archival history.

Ingredients

del prodotto Bevanda idroalcolica ottenuta partendo da uve locali a bacca bianca, del tipo "Agostinella" ma anche Malvasia di Candia e Moscato di Baselice raccolte a maturità molto avanzata, lasciando fermentare il mosto previa

Method

, condizionamento, stagionatura Bevanda idroalcolica ottenuta partendo da uve locali a bacca bianca, del tipo "Agostinella" ma anche Malvasia di Candia e Moscato di Baselice raccolte a maturità molto avanzata, concentrando, per bollitura, una

Why travel for it

Guardia Sanframondi’s underground cellars become the destination, not only the bottle.

Recreate-it pathway

Use as a cellar-method article, not a casual home recipe.

Fieldwork questions

What does the name Malaca mean locally? Which cellars still age it three years?

Photo brief

Open copper kettle, amber must, underground calcareous cellar, small barrel.