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Cantina Giardino

Cantina Giardino Tu-Tu Orange 2021

$46.00

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Style: Dry, medium-bodied skin-contact white with a distinctive amber color; textured and structured with fine tannins, balanced acidity, and a savory, herbal depth that sets it apart from lighter orange wine styles
Grapes & terroir: 100% Fiano from old vines in Irpinia, Campania; clay and limestone soils; organically farmed, hand-harvested; Campania IGP
Winemaking: Skin maceration with indigenous yeast fermentation, no temperature control; aged in old cherry wood casks; bottled unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfur; the cherry wood vessel imparts subtle spice without oak dominance
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 54–57°F; 20 minutes' decanting opens up its aromatic complexity; the wine also rewards time in the glass as it warms
Pairing: Orecchiette con le cime di rapa
Similar to: A structured Fiano di Avellino with extended skin contact, or a textured amber wine from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia tradition, with the saline mineral edge typical of Irpinian terroir

Cantina Giardino Tu Tu 2024 is a skin-contact white wine made from 100% Fiano, sourced from old vineyards in Irpinia, Campania, farmed organically on clay and limestone soils. Produced by Antonio and Daniela De Gruttola at Cantina Giardino, the grapes are macerated on the skins before aging in old cherry wood casks. Consistent with the winery's approach across all vintages, the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts without temperature control, bottled unfined and unfiltered, and with no added sulfur. Cantina Giardino Tu Tu 2024 is classified as Campania IGP.

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Producer profile

Cantina Giardino

Cantina Giardino was established in Ariano Irpino in 2003 by Antonio De Gruttola, his wife Daniela, and a group of friends who shared a concern about what industrial agriculture had done to Irpinia's viticultural heritage. The founding group had spent the years before the official launch making wine experimentally in a friend's garage. The name comes from Professor Giardino, in whose cellar those early experiments took place. From the outset, Antonio and Daniela's aim was to find and rescue old-vine parcels that local farmers could no longer afford to maintain. They rented vineyards at first, and then began purchasing them, eventually accumulating around seven hectares of owned land with vines up to 100 years old, alongside roughly 18 more hectares worked under long-term lease and supply agreements.

All farming is organic, carried out by hand, with vines trained in the traditional Raggera Avellinese system specific to the province of Avellino. Parcels are scattered across multiple communes in the province: Montemarano in the Taurasi zone, Lapio and other villages in the Fiano di Avellino zone, and Santa Paolina in the Greco di Tufo area. Each site contributes differently to the portfolio, with soil composition and microclimate shaping every cuvée.

In the cellar, Antonio works instinctively, with spontaneous fermentation at ambient temperature and no additions at any stage. Aging vessels include sandstone and terracotta amphorae (some hand-built by Daniela from local vineyard clay), cherry, chestnut, acacia, and mulberry casks, and concrete. No wine is fined or filtered. Each vintage's labels are original artworks commissioned from local artists, making the bottles as individual as the wines inside.

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Wine region

Campania, Italy

Irpinia is an inland, mountainous territory in the province of Avellino in Campania, southern Italy. Unlike the better-known coastal zones of the region around Naples and the Amalfi Coast, Irpinia is defined by rugged Apennine terrain, high altitude, and a firmly continental climate with cold winters and warm but airy summers. The area experienced significant rural depopulation following the destructive 1980 earthquake, which left many old vineyards without stewards. That agricultural legacy is precisely what attracted producers like Cantina Giardino to the zone: a landscape scattered with abandoned old-vine parcels, farmed without chemicals for decades by small growers who simply could no longer maintain them.

The province of Avellino is home to three of Campania's most significant appellations. Fiano di Avellino DOCG draws on the Fiano grape, one of Italy's most ancient white varieties, grown in a broad arc of villages around the town of Avellino. Lapio is consistently recognized as one of the finest villages within this zone, sitting at elevation on clay and limestone soils that give Fiano its characteristic richness and mineral tension. Greco di Tufo DOCG, produced further north in the province on tufa and volcanic soils, offers a sharper, more mineral profile. Taurasi DOCG, built on Aglianico, is one of the south's most powerful and age-worthy red wine appellations.

What distinguishes Irpinia viticulturally is the interaction of altitude, soil composition, and the long growing season that these conditions create. Vineyards at 400 to 700 metres above sea level ripen slowly, building complexity and retaining the natural acidity that makes the region's wines work so well at the table. Fiano, in particular, thrives here, producing wines capable of significant development in bottle.

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Frequently asked question

When is my order shipping?

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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