IRPINIA FIANO DOP

First vintage: 2012

Municipality of vineyards: San Mango sul Calore (AV)
Location: Castel Poppano

Cellar: Ancient Castle

Type: White DOP

Grapes: 100% Fiano

Production area: company vineyards, selected grapes in Castel Poppano, west-east exposure

Soil: clayey-calcareous, altitude 400 m asl

Yield per hectare: 75 quintals

Training system: guyot

Harvest period: first ten days of October

Vinification: manual harvesting of the grapes. Soft pressing and contact between skins and must for a few hours. Fermentation in steel at a controlled temperature of the extracted must. After a contact with the fine lees for about six months, the wine continues its refinement in the bottle

Organoleptic notes: Straw yellow, intense floral aromas, with notes of yellow pulpy fruits. A dry, soft, fresh wine, well balance. After manual harvest in the first week of October, the grapes are gently crushed and lie with skins for 24 hrs. The wine is, then, fermented in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature up to racking off. Then the wine refines in bottle.