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king a reality.
The brothers produce
about 50% of their own
production that's hand
harvested and the rest
come from local growers.
They are situated in the
town of Forino about an
hour south of Naples, but
they have other vineyard
sites as well. They started
growing the fiano grape
and have increased their
production to include the
other popular grapes of
Campania: greco, falanghina and aglianico.
there some day. Especially
since Avellino in particular
makes some fantastic wines. I'm always intrigued
by wines that are grown
on volcanic soil and the
characteristics that they
impart into the wines.
Avellino is in a part of
Campania known as Irpinia that is known for
producing many of the
DOCG wines of the region
including Fiano, Greco di
Tufo and Taurasi (made
of aglianico). The fiano
grape that I'm sharing to-
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2016
The 2013 Fratelli Urciuolo Monte Faliesi Fiano di
Avellino DOCG is a straw
color with a golden hue.
On the nose are lemon,
banana and minerals. It's a
dry, medium to full bodied
wine that has a creamy texture with good acidity and
a little saltiness. It's a persistent and well-balanced
wine that has the potential
to age well. It retails about
$20. This Fiano di Avellino
has been awarded the Tre
Bicchieri award a number
of times as well as their
Taurasi wines.
1996 by two brothers, Antonello and Ciro Uricuiolo. There was very good
knowledge of what the
soil was composed of as
within the Uricuiolo family
there had been generations that had planted chestnut trees and knew the
soils well. There are traces
of volcanic ash and clay
within the soil of the land
they own. Antonello's drive to go learn to become
a winemaker at the university triggered him and
his brother to make their
Fratelli Urciuolo began in father's dream of winemaday is also known as vitis
apiana stemming from the
word apia for bees known
for it's sweetness that the
bees are attracted to. Fiano is a grape known for it's
aromatics and nuttiness,
although I didn't pick up
nutiness in my particular bottle that I'm sharing
with you today, but it's beautiful bouquet showed
lovely in the glass. I tasted
the 2013 Fratelli Uriuolo Monte Faliesi Fiano di
Avellino.
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