Laura De Vito Fiano di Avellino Elle 2021

Fiano is one of Italy’s best white wine-grape varieties, particularly when grown in its home around the town of Avellino. Laura de Vito comes from a grape-growing and winemaking family in the village of Lapio, the historic heart of the Fiano di Avellino appellation. (Her mother’s parents made Aglianico, and her father made Fiano.) Laura is an outstanding producer of Fiano di Avellino. She makes only Fiano, from grapes grown in three ‘contrade’ (sub-areas) of the township of Lapio. Lapio is in the region of Campania, east of Naples, not far from the village of Taurasi. 

Estate-bottled Fiano di Avellino from vineyards in three different contradas around the village of Lapio (Verzare, Arianello and Saudoni). The grapes are harvested in mid-October; the fruit is destemmed and lightly pressed, then the resulting juice is fermented to dryness in stainless steel, at controlled temperature, using selected yeasts; it is then racked and aged on the fine lees for 9 months, bottled, and aged in the bottle for a further 15 months.