Quintodecimo Fiano di Avellino Exultet 2022
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The Land
Irpinia is the mountainous interior of Campania — green, forested, and climatically nothing like the sun-scorched southern Italy most people imagine. Cold winters, mild summers, and large diurnal temperature swings define the growing season here, and it is this continental character, unusual at this latitude, that gives Fiano di Avellino its tension and longevity. The Exultet vineyard sits in Lapio, one of the most prized communes in the DOCG, at 570–600 meters above sea level — high enough that slow, even ripening is the norm rather than the exception. Soils are predominantly clay-limestone with volcanic influence, well-draining and mineral-rich. This is as compelling a white wine terroir as exists in Italy.
The Wine
100% Fiano from a single vineyard, fermented 70% in stainless steel and 30% in new French oak barriques, aged on fine lees. Eight months of lees aging adds a creamy, luxurious texture that gives the wine its characteristic weight without dulling its precision. Very reminiscent of Burgundy but if made Italy. The 2022 vintage ran hot and required strict fruit selection — the result is a generous, fluid bouquet of softly ripened peach, pear, poached apple, and a touch of baking spice, with a creamy, long finish. Underneath the richness there is genuine structure: saline, smoky minerality and a long, savory finish that pulls everything into focus. Scored 94 points by Wine Advocate, 93 by Wine Spectator. You could age it, but it’s already expressive.
The People
Luigi Moio is a Naples-based enology professor and one of southern Italy’s most technically rigorous winemakers. His time studying in Burgundy — researching Pinot Noir aromatics for his PhD — left a lasting mark: he returned to Campania with a deep attraction to purity, elegance, and the idea that a wine’s greatest job is to express its place. Quintodecimo was founded in 2001 with vineyards spanning three distinct sites — Mirabella Eclano, Tufo, and Lapio — each matched to a specific variety. The estate is farmed organically throughout. Moio brings a scientist’s precision to the cellar, but the wines never feel clinical — Exultet, in particular, is one of the most complete expressions of what Fiano can do when given the right site and a steady hand.
Food Pairing.
Exultet has enough richness and structure to sit down to a real meal. Think lemony roasted chicken thighs with garlic and herbs, shrimp scampi over linguine, a simple fish taco with avocado and lime crema, or even a creamy pasta with mushrooms and parmesan. The wine’s bright acidity and salty minerality cut through richness beautifully — it’s the kind of white that makes weeknight cooking feel special.
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Italy – South encompasses the sun-drenched regions of Campania, Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata, and Molise, where ancient vines thrive in volcanic soils, limestone hills, and coastal plains. Campania’s volcanic slopes around Vesuvius yield complex wines from Aglianico, Fiano, and Greco, while Basilicata’s high-altitude vineyards on Mount Vulture produce bold, age-worthy Aglianico del Vulture. Puglia stretches across fertile flatlands and limestone ridges, known for robust reds from Primitivo and Negroamaro. Calabria and Molise, though lesser-known, preserve a wealth of native varieties grown in rugged, mountainous terrain. Intense sun, varied altitudes, and ancient soils give Southern Italy’s wines their deep character, concentration, and sense of place.
