![]() Sulfur mines were present here and in the town of Tufo you can sometimes smell sulfur in the air. Tuff rich volcanic (above 400 meters) and clay soils combined with sulfur help to add character to the wines. It is made from volcanic ash from eruptions which then becomes solid. Tufo is the name of a village and also the type of rock the village is built on. Sarno 1860 produces only Fiano di Avellino and just 3,000 bottles of this wine were made. It has hints of white peaches, pears, hazelnuts with floral notes and a touch of mint. This is a complex wine with depth and structure. Grapes are crushed with a pneumatic press with the cage closed, and the wine spends 18 months on the lees. ![]() Harvest is by hand in the middle of October. The vineyards are at 6,000 meters and the soil is calcareous clay rich in potassium and phosphorus. The winery is in Candida, an ancient village in the province of Avellino. The wine has hints of apple, yellow fruit, lemon and a note of fresh hazelnutsįiano Di Avellino Riserva 2018 Sarno 1860 erre made from 100% Fiano di Avellino from a 3 hectare vineyard of the winery. I visited the winery in 2019 and liked this wine so much I took a few bottles back home with me.įiano Di Avellino “Eclissi” 2018 Case d’Alto made from 100% Fiano di Avellino from a 2 hectare vineyard in Grottaminarda. This is an elegant wine with hints of citrus fruit, apple, white flowers and a nice finish and long aftertaste. The vinification is simple but developed over a long time: it takes place in steel vats where it refines on the lees for twelve months and a further twelve months of aging in the bottle. The soils are composed of clay on a marly basis. Here, at 350 meters above sea level, is the two-hectare vineyard where the grapes for this wine grow. Villa Raiano Alimata is the name of the district of the municipality of Montefredane in the province of Avellino that you encounter going up towards the town on the slope of the hill that faces east. The vineyards are between 300 and 600 meters and the soil is volcanic, clay-calcareous and limestone. Fiano di Avellino is a wine that can age.įiano Di Avellino “Alimata” 2018. Avellino is in the heart of the southern Apennine mountains in Campania. The DOCG stretches over 26 comunes/municipalities and 430 hectares of valleys and slopes. Because of the loose sandy and volcanic soil there are many pre-phylloxera vines (old vines) producing wines of unparalleled concentration and depth.įiano di Avellino must have 85% Fiano by law but almost all, if not all, producers in Irpinia use 100% Fiano. These wines were known to the Ancient Romans and they were recorded by Pliny the Elder (d.79AD). The Irpinia DOC covers the entire province of Avellino and within the DOC are the DOCG zones of Greco di Tufo and Fiano di Avellino. The name “Irpinia” derives from the ancient Oscan word “hirpus,” which means wolf, and the wolf remains Irpinia’s symbol to this day. Irpinia (Latin Hirpinia) is located in the northeast of Campania in the province of Avellino, about 50 kilometers from Naples. The speaker was Susannah Gold, who did an excellent job of sharing her knowledge of the wines of Irpinia through her talk and slide presentation. The event was called “Spectacular Irpinia.” Their goal is to familiarize the wine drinking public with Irpinia and make their excellent wines better known. Teresa Bruno Di Petilia, President, and Ilaria Petitto, the Vice President of the Conzorzio Tutela Vini d’Irpinia invited me to a tasting of the wines of Irpinia at Il Gattopardo NYC. Irpinia, in the northeast of Campania, excels in Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo. ![]() The region of Campania in Southern Italy produces some of the country’s best white wines. ![]()
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