Ciro Picariello, Fiano di Avellina, 2024 champagne-template a pioneer of traditional-method sparkling

a pioneer of traditional-method sparkling wines in Croatia’s Plešivica region

This is a collector’s wine of the highest order

where vines dig deep into granite

a south-facing slope that provides the richness and concentration the Riserva designation demands

Arnaud Lambert

Ciro Picariello, Fiano di Avellina, 2024 champagne-template a pioneer of traditional-method sparklingBenchmark Fiano from one of Campania's reference producers. Ciro Picariello and his wife farm seven hectares high in the hills of Irpinia, split between the villages of Montefredane and Summonte at 1,600 to 2,100 feet, and that altitude is the secret to their electric, mineral whites. This is their estate Fiano di Avellino DOCG, fermented and aged on the lees in steel (no oak), built to drink well young but to age remarkably well too, ten to fifteen