Fiano Gaia 2021 - Cantina Giardino

Fiano Gaia - Cantina Giardino

Cantina Giardino's Fiano "Gaia" is an intense and complex wine made from grapes of the homonymous grape that come from old vines with an age ranging from 30 to 100 years. Once harvested, the grapes undergo a maceration after the harvest contact of the skins for 4 days and, immediately after, they are manually pressed with the press. Fermentation is spontaneous and lasts 3 months on fine lees in traditional chestnut and acacia barrels, plus 6 hectoliters Slavonian oak barrels. The aging continues inside the same containers, on the fine lees, for 12 months. There is no filtration, clarification and addition of sulfur dioxide before bottling. Gaia presents fruity and floral aromas on the nose, followed by a slightly spicy note. The sip is of great structure, beautiful acidity and well integrated alcoholic note, it closes on citrus notes and sweet aftertaste

Service

It is advisable to taste it at a temperature of 14/16 ° in tulip glasses. It must be drunk as a red wine and opened a few minutes before degustazione.Vino be drunk immediately, but will give the best of themselves in a few years.

Pairing

The Fiano Sophiais great with appetizers, main courses with fish sauce, to try the crepes with herbs.

Cellar: Cantina Giardino

Founded in 1997, with real wine vinification garage owners that made in their garage in 2003 by Antonio and his wife Daniela Gruttola manage to buy a private cellar in Ariano Irpino nell'avellinese. Today Cantina Giardino has about seven hectares of vineyards all conducted in organic viticulture and vineyards that reach up to 100 years. All are located in various municipalities of the province of Avellino, and each has different microclimates and terroir. Maximum care is taken in the vineyard where chemical treatments are abolished, and the same care is taken in the cellar, where the fermentations are spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts, maceration on the skins are more or less long and refinements are made in chestnut barrels or oak and amphorae. The vineyards are all native, Fiano, Greek, Foxtail and Aglianico, which make up the nine company labels. Wines produced as naturally as possible to reflect the genuine soul of the land.