Mineral laced, fruit laden beauty from California’s most diverse AVA. This sister grape to Aglianico which hails from Italy's dry sunny south is thriving in Paso Robles.
Production
Clean and stony, Fiano lends itself to a simple stainless-steel fermentation and maturation in the cellar. The 2019 was sourced a single vineyard in northwest Paso Robles that produces intensely flavorful fruit with plentry of lively acidity. Destemmed and crushed in the early a.m., the grapes are left to soak on its skins for a few hours before a delicate basket pressing. It then proceeds untouched through alcoholic and partial malolactic fermentation, then filltered and bottled in mid February.
Giornata Fiano 2023 (6 bottles case)
Vivino ratings
Tasting notes
Along with its red Campanian cousin Aglianico, Fiano is entirely suited to the southern Italian-like warm and dry climate of Paso Robles. Lively aromas of stonefuit and marzipan. The structured palate shows flavours of honey, lemon, wet rocks, little candied ginger on the finish.
Food match
Calamari, seafood, fish tacos and spaghetti vongole.
Info
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ABV
13%
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CASE/BOTTLE SIZE
6 x 75cl
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REGION/COUNTRY
PASO ROBLES, USA
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GRAPE
FIANO 100%
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FEATURES
VEGETARIAN, VEGAN
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CLOSURE
CORK
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WINEMAKER
BRIAN TERRIZZI
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ALLERGEN INFO
CONTAINS SULPHITES AND NO OTHER ALLERGENS
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Meet the producer
Paso Robles is one of the most diverse AVAs in California and it's great to have found a producer who is not only unique in the region but also a rarity in the state.
Giornata wines are beautifully made and come with a simple and genuine story. Brian and Stephanie Terrizzi have spent the last decade proving that California can make both interesting and high quality Italian varietal wines. Brian is the winemaker whilst Stephanie is the viticulturist - both trained at Fresno State University. After several years in Tuscany working and living with Brian’s family, they returned to Paso Robles to embark on their Giornata project.
They’ve now found a range of sites with compelling vineyards of Aglianico, Barbera, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo and Fiano. Steph manages these sites and retains full control in the vineyard. Whilst the fruit quality is unmistakably new world, winemaking leans more towards the Italian style with an emphasis on balance and subtlety over intensity and extraction.