2024 Ciro Picariello Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Campania, Italy Alfred Merkelbach Massal selection of Pinot noir

Massal selection of Pinot noir vines located in the town of Épineuil

There after the grapes were gently extracted by a combination of pumping over and pigeage by foot

Returning to his native town of Cocumont in 1998

This is an ethereal and quite acidic with some fine tannins towards the end

Every component is vinified and aged separately

2024 Ciro Picariello Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Campania, Italy Alfred Merkelbach Massal selection of Pinot noirThis is high elevation Fiano (500 600m in elevation) it reminds you that that southern Italy has some cool microclimates and can make whites as fresh as those from the north. These wines evolve over time and if you are patient enough to revisit the wine over hours if not nights, they will reward you!