Vino Intrepido Sting Like A Bee Fiano 2020

Tasting Notes

Fruit was machine harvested on a cold morning, then sent straight to press. Four mature barriques were filled for barrel fermentation, the balance going to stainless steel, all being fermented spontaneously. The tank wine went to barrel after fermentation, and all the wine went through full malolactic fermentation. The wine was on lees until mid-November when it was racked and blended before bottling in late January.

There was a wine produced near Avellino back in ancient Roman times that was called Apianum that some have hypothesized was made from fiano. Apiana is latin for bees, and in this region it’s not uncommon to see bees attracted to the ripe fiano berries. This is where the name for this wine comes from, but with its high acidity and almost honeyed texture, it has a bit of sting to it. - James Scarcebrook