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Cantina Giardino

Fiano Gaia 2018

$39.95

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Style: Dry, medium-bodied orange wine; hazy amber-gold; apricot, white florals, citrus zest, saline finish; 13% ABV
Grapes & Terroir: 100% Fiano; approximately 90-year-old vines; 500m elevation; clay-limestone soils with volcanic cap; Irpinia, Campania; organically farmed
Winemaking: 4-day skin maceration; spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts; 12 months in chestnut and mulberry casks; unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfites
Serving: Serve at 54-58F; 20-30 min decant opens aromatics; also enjoyable slightly chilled at 50F with seafood
Pairing: Grilled sardines, baccalà, seared scallops, aged Pecorino, roasted fennel, grilled artichokes
Similar To: For fans of Gravner, Radikon, or textured skin-contact whites who want southern Italian terroir

Gaia is a skin-contact white wine made from 100% Fiano sourced from a single vineyard of approximately 90-year-old vines in Irpinia, Campania. The site sits at 500 meters above sea level on clay-limestone soils with a volcanic cap. Cantina Giardino is based in Ariano Irpino and works exclusively with old-vine indigenous varieties across sixteen parcels in the province of Avellino.

After harvest, the grapes undergo four days of skin maceration before spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, with no temperature control. The wine then ages for approximately twelve months in large chestnut and mulberry casks. It is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfites. The appellation is Campania IGP, which gives Antonio and Daniela the flexibility to work outside the formal DOCG protocols.

In the glass, Gaia is a hazy amber-gold. The nose is aromatic and layered: ripe apricot, white florals, citrus zest, and a subtle smoky, spiced undercurrent. On the palate it is structured and textured from the skin contact, with vibrant acidity, chalky minerality, and a long saline finish. Fine tannins give grip without weight.

Fiano is one of Campania's oldest indigenous white grapes, documented in the region since at least the 13th century. At 500 meters elevation in Irpinia, the variety holds its acidity well and develops the aromatic complexity and mineral depth that makes it distinctive among southern Italian whites.

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Producer profile

Cantina Giardino

Cantina Giardino was founded in Ariano Irpino by Antonio and Daniela De Gruttola. It grew out of informal winemaking among a group of six friends in the late 1990s, held in the garage of a local figure known as Professor Giardino — hence the winery's name. The commercial operation launched in 2003, making Cantina Giardino one of the earliest advocates of zero-addition winemaking in southern Italy. Antonio had trained in food technology before specializing in viticulture and oenology in Piedmont. Daniela studied architecture and plays a central practical role at the estate, including handcrafting terracotta amphorae from vineyard soil.

The founding purpose of the project was to identify and rescue abandoned old-vine parcels in Irpinia that local farmers could no longer afford to maintain. Industrial agriculture had displaced many indigenous varieties across the province, and Antonio and Daniela began renting, and later acquiring, sites planted with Aglianico, Fiano, Greco, and Coda di Volpe — some vines exceeding 100 years old. All vineyards are farmed organically and worked entirely by hand. Vines are trained in the traditional alberello (bush-vine) method, which requires manual labor and produces low yields. The estate today manages approximately seven hectares across sixteen parcels throughout the province of Avellino.

In the cellar, Antonio ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and without temperature control; fermentation can continue for months. Aging vessels vary by cuvée and vintage and include handmade terracotta and sandstone amphorae, and casks of local chestnut, acacia, cherry, and mulberry. No fining, no filtration, and no added sulfites are used across the range. Each vintage carries a label designed by a different local artist. The Gaia cuvée is produced from the estate's Fiano fruit: four days of skin maceration, native yeast fermentation, and approximately twelve months in chestnut and mulberry casks before bottling.

Wine region

Campania, Italy

Campania is a region in southern Italy whose largest city is Naples. It stretches from the Tyrrhenian coast inland to the Apennine mountains, encompassing dramatically different terroirs. The coastal zones around Naples and the Amalfi Coast are Mediterranean in character, while the interior climbs sharply to elevations exceeding 500 meters in Irpinia, where winters are cold, summers are warm but not extreme, and the diurnal temperature swings drive natural acidity in the fruit. Campania's soils reflect its volcanic history: ash, lapilli, tuff, and mineral-rich clays dominate across the province of Avellino, while limestone and calcareous clay typify the higher inland sites.

Irpinia, within the province of Avellino in central-eastern Campania, is the region's primary fine wine zone. It holds three of Campania's four DOCGs: Taurasi for Aglianico reds, Fiano di Avellino for whites from the Fiano grape, and Greco di Tufo for whites from Greco. The Irpinia DOC, granted in 2005, covers a broader range of styles and varieties including Coda di Volpe and Falanghina. Producers like Cantina Giardino work under the Campania IGP designation, which allows the skin-contact techniques and minimal-intervention approaches that fall outside the formal DOCG production requirements. The key indigenous white varieties of the zone — Fiano and Greco — are ancient, documented in the region since at least the 13th century, and well adapted to the volcanic and calcareous soils at altitude.

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East Coast: 5 business days

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