Fiano di Avellino Riserva DOCG Pietracalda 2023

It comes from a vineyard within the village of Sorbo Serpico at over 500 m above sea level, in the south-eastern sector of the DOCG of Fiano di Avellino, the area where the fullest Fiano wines come from with floral and mentholated aromas. The climate is continental with high rainfall and diurnal temperature range in summer. Pietracalda a “cru” of Feudi di San Gregorio and as such is treated, with a dedicated vinification, aimed to expresse the purest essence of Fiano without contamination of oak-aging.

Fiano is considered one of the main Italian native white grape varieties, capable of giving structured, complex and long-lived wines; it has spread to various southern regions, but it is in Irpinia that it gives its best. The wines from Fiano produced in Irpinia are generally balanced and rich in aromas that develop over time.

The fermentation of Fiano di Avellino Pietracalda takes place in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature of 16/18 ° C. The wine ages for 4-5 months in steel in contact with its own lees which are kept in suspension by bâtonnage in order to enrich the wine.