fiano v.2017
aromatics of white flowers and lemon pith. notes of ripe stone fruit, almond and petrichor. balanced minerality and acidity, mid-palette weight and soft finish, low impact of oak.
hand-picked and sorted. tread stomped whole bunches with 24-hour skin maceration directly after harvest. gently destemmed and hand-tooled punch down before 10-month ferment (60% in stainless steel and 40% in italian-made barrels of french oak). unfined and unfiltered. native yeast, no additives, trace amount of sulfites. light to medium bodied with a low alcohol content.
aromatics of white flowers and lemon pith. notes of ripe stone fruit, almond and petrichor. balanced minerality and acidity, mid-palette weight and soft finish, low impact of oak.
hand-picked and sorted. tread stomped whole bunches with 24-hour skin maceration directly after harvest. gently destemmed and hand-tooled punch down before 10-month ferment (60% in stainless steel and 40% in italian-made barrels of french oak). unfined and unfiltered. native yeast, no additives, trace amount of sulfites. light to medium bodied with a low alcohol content.
aromatics of white flowers and lemon pith. notes of ripe stone fruit, almond and petrichor. balanced minerality and acidity, mid-palette weight and soft finish, low impact of oak.
hand-picked and sorted. tread stomped whole bunches with 24-hour skin maceration directly after harvest. gently destemmed and hand-tooled punch down before 10-month ferment (60% in stainless steel and 40% in italian-made barrels of french oak). unfined and unfiltered. native yeast, no additives, trace amount of sulfites. light to medium bodied with a low alcohol content.
vcr02 clone via avellino, campania, italy
12% abv
5 barrels
vintage
following years of drought, 2017 brought rain - and more rain. intense summer heat peaked in september, causing a chaotic harvest. fiano’s hearty skins held on strong through the temperature spikes, yielding a bold and beautiful vintage.
varietal
fiano is a noble italian grape that has been cultivated in the campania region for over 2000 years. characterized by small loose bunches and tough straw-colored skin, it is a low-yielding grape beloved by bees.