CANTINA GIARDINO
Le Fole 2019
Campania, Italy
Aglianico from a remote vineyard around eighty years old, planted almost five hundred metres above sea level. It sees a month of maceration and two years élevage in old chestnut casks. Reflecting the vintage, this is a dark, deep and brooding take on the grape that is the perfect accompaniment to a beautiful piece of lamb on the grill.
Aglianico
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Antonio and Daniela De Gruttola seek out old vineyards in Irpinia, high in the hills of Campania. They champion and preserve the region’s native varietals, old vines and an age old way of tending them.
The vines are set at altitude and are planted over the region’s vibrant volcanic soils. Vineyard work is done by hand, organically and a combination of great farming and low yields results in healthy, characterful fruit. In the cantina, Antonio takes a no-nonsense approach with the intention of letting this terroir express itself in full. The grapes ferment naturally without temperature control and fermentation can continue for months.
Wines are raised in a combination of terracotta amphorae and large casks made from local woods and bottled unfiltered, with no additions at all. The resulting wines are singular, vivid expressions of grape and place.