Az. Agr. Alessandro Giuseppe DI STEFANO

Alessandro Giuseppe Di Stefano's company operates within a vast citrus-growing area in Calabria, embracing 404 municipalities: it is here that Clementine di Calabria IGP finds the Mediterranean climate necessary to thrive. Di Stefano's choice falls on the `apireno` variety, the seedless clone, a delicate cultivar that tolerates no approximations and demands meticulous selection, careful pruning, and cultivation practices calibrated to the most suitable microclimates. Cultivating `apireno` means embracing a demanding fruit in exchange for a clear pulp and a clean eating experience. The protected denomination intervenes to safeguard this dual value: the quality of the fruit and its territorial belonging, which without the brand would dissolve into market anonymity. In this context, the company's role extends beyond production: it champions a fragile cultivar and, with it, a piece of Calabria's citrus heritage, linking its name to the continuity of a crop that the territory recognizes as its own.

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