{"product_id":"fiano-sophia-magnum-cantina-giardino-campania-italy-natural-wine","title":"Fiano Sophia Magnum 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eCantina Giardino's Sophia is a skin-contact white wine made from 100% old-vine Fiano grown in Irpinia, Campania. Vines average roughly 70 years in age and are farmed organically and biodynamically by hand across multiple parcels in the province of Avellino. The soils here are clay-calcareous and volcanic in origin, with elevations typically between 400 and 650 metres above sea level — conditions that produce naturally high acidity and extended aromatic development in Fiano.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 Sophia spends approximately six months macerating on its skins in small 200-litre terracotta amphorae handmade by Daniela De Gruttola from clay excavated directly from the vineyard soils. Fermentation proceeds spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and no temperature control. After pressing, the wine finishes its aging in local chestnut barrels. Nothing is added or removed: no fining, no filtration, no sulfites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sophia cuvée is named after the De Gruttola's daughter Sofia and is the most extended, structurally demanding wine in the Cantina Giardino lineup. Each vintage Antonio and Daniela select the grape and parcel they judge best suited for a full amphora maceration, meaning the variety changes year to year. In 2016 the selection was Fiano. Bottled in magnum (1.5 litres), this format extends the wine's aging potential considerably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCampania IGP is used rather than the Fiano di Avellino DOCG because the extended skin-contact protocol is incompatible with DOCG production rules. The wine sits outside any conventional category of Campanian white wine, closer in structure to a textured, mineral amber wine than to a conventional Fiano.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cantina Giardino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13816810569783,"sku":"GIARSOPH16M","price":95.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/fiano-sophia-magnum-cantina-giardino-campania-italy-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780664246","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/fiano-sophia-magnum-cantina-giardino-campania-italy-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}