Fiano - Brancato DOCG, Campania, Italy

Production Area: Campania. Grapes: 100% Fiano. Alc/Vol: 13%. Vinification and Ageing: Manual harvest and cold crushing. Fermentation and ageing on lees in small oak barrels for about 12 months. Matures in bottle for about 10 months. Tasting: Intense straw colour with golden glints. Intense hints of white flowers and fruit; toasted notes of the mediterranean maquis. Dry, aromatic and opulent with a glittering freshness and long finish.The Fiano di Avellino represents the cutting edge of white oenology from Tenuta Pepe. This wine's freshness and refinement will enchant those trying it for the first time, while connoisseurs will value it for its extraordinary propensity to age. The Fiano land owned by the Tenutas, on which the Brancato is grown, is located in the major area for this grape variety: Lapio. It immediately presents the feeling of a wine that expresses tradition while at the same time possessing a uniqueness in terms of uncommon minerality combined with an unusual and notable aromatic undercurrent. The Brancato selection shows off the best of the marriage between the vineyard and the soil, where the typical complexity of the Fiano is enhanced by aging in oak casks, lending the wine its structure and preserving its natural freshness and longevity. As with all Tenuta Pepe wines, the Fiano di Avellino has also been carefully bottled in the traditional elegant bottle featuring the bronze coat of arms on the stem. The Brancato was the main wine of the America's Cup 2012 in Naples.