“Pietracalda” Fiano di Avellino Riserva DOCG 2024

Feudi di San Gregorio | Campania
Feudi di San Gregorio S.p.A. | Contrada Cerza Grossa | IT 83050 Sorbo Serpico

13031324 · 0,75 l · 21,20 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Irpinia is not Campania in the tourist sense – no sea, no Vesuvius, no Amalfi Coast. It is the inland area behind Avellino, a world of Apennine hills, chestnut forests and tranquillity, where viticulture has been deeply rooted since ancient times. Columella and Pliny already mentioned Fiano – as "Vitis Apicia" because of its ability to attract swarms of bees to the vineyards. Feudi di San Gregorio has been committed to this tradition in Sorbo Serpico since 1986. Pietracalda is their most precise expression of Fiano: a single vineyard of ten hectares, nestled between chestnut woods and old fruit trees at an altitude of 400 to 600 metres – a terroir that provides Fiano with freshness. Hand-picked, fermented in temperature-controlled steel, then aged sur lie for twelve months – longer than the normal Fiano, and it is precisely this difference that characterises the Riserva: more texture, more depth, more substance.

Deep straw yellow in the glass. The nose opens with camomile, freshly picked fruit – white peach, pear – and a fine hint of candied lemon. On the palate, Pietracalda is exactly what good Fiano should be: Soft and fresh at the same time and with a lively minerality that carries the long, clean finish. SUPERIORE.DE

"A tense and spicy wine with aromas of white pepper, ferns, fresh peaches and orange blossoms. It’s light-bodied with crisp acidity and a lean yet precise finish." James Suckling