Anyone familiar with the Amalfi Coast knows it offers as much to the palate as it does to the eye. At Volta del Fuenti, the new Riflessioni 2026 menu, La Costa in verticale, reads the territory as a structured tasting journey mapped by altitude and translated into flavour.
Volta del Fuenti: a Journey Through Sea, Mountains, and Wine
The restaurant led by Executive Chef Michele De Blasio, reopened for the season in April within Giardini del Fuenti, traces a route from the sea to the Monti Lattari, with each dish assigned an elevation that defines its aromatic register. The same logic shapes the wine pairing, as Wladimir Giordano, Restaurant Manager of the Michelin-starred fine dining destination, explains. “The construction of both the food and wine programme begins with the idea of telling the story of this area in a deeply site-specific way. The beverage pairings follow the same vision, with a strong focus on wines from the Amalfi Coast and surrounding areas, chosen not simply for technical compatibility, but for their ability to express a place, a history, and a culture.”
Volta del Fuenti’s Tasting Menus
That narrative unfolds clearly through three tasting menus: Riflessioni (seven courses), Origini (six), and Memorie (five). At “Quota Verde / Cromatismi della Costa Verticale”, the dish “Shrimp, marrow béarnaise, and coastal chlorophylls” expresses delicacy through a sea herb pesto marked by iodine-rich notes, while the marrow béarnaise ties sweetness and depth together. “This geographical and sensory interpretation naturally guided the construction of the pairing, leading us to privilege wines deeply rooted in the territory, capable of reflecting the same energy and soul as the recipe.”
Another example comes with “Quota 1444 / Monti Lattari. Provola alla pizzaiola” carries a deceptively light structure, revealing a smoky core and a tomato mousse built through extraction, reduction, fermentation, and layered technique. “The result is an immersive journey in which the glass also tells the story of soils, microclimates, and traditions, creating a direct connection with the people and producers who preserve and enhance this unique heritage. It becomes an ongoing dialogue between kitchen and cellar.”
The Closing Dishes of the Sensory Journey
Further along the menu appears “Quota -5 / Notte delle Lampare”, where spaghetti with squid ink, anchovy colatura, and lemon plays with the tension between salinity and brightness. The journey concludes at “Quota -80 / Fondali costieri”, where sea bass, celery, and barley close the experience with a dish built around a delicate, buttery fillet enveloped in a mineral sauce. “Volta del Fuenti’s goal is to turn dinner into an experiential journey engaging every sense,” Giordano says. “Every sip and every bite returns a fragment of the Amalfi Coast — its aromas, its layers, its deepest identity — leaving the guest with the feeling of having travelled across an entire landscape in a single meal.”
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