Ciro Picariello

Ciro Picariello is considered by many to be the best Fiano producer in Italy and I had read multiple accounts of his Fiano evolving beautifully for more than 10 years in the bottle. I showed up at the winery for our appointment only to realize that I was meeting another person with whom my lack of Italian language skills would prove, nearly, fatal. After more than a half hour exchanging notes on google translate we were invited to lunch and by the end of lunch we were all laughing and enjoying some of the best wines of my last trip to Italy. Ciro deserves the praise he receives and his Fiano 906 will certainly age for 10+ years. Ciro and his son farm 7ha organically. Elevation of the vineyards is between 500-650 meters. Grapes are hand harvested and sorted. Tiny Production!!