Zagreo, Fiano Roccamonfina, I Cacciagalli - 2018

Name: Zagreo, Fiano Roccamonfina, I Cacciagalli
Brand: I Cacciagalli
SKU: 35745
Price: 42.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

750 mL

Item # 35745

Amphorae-aged Fiano from the southern region of Campania. The color is a deep golden hue due to the longer skin maceration. This could qualify as what's known as an orange wine due to the color. It's not extreme in style but shows complex character of peppercorn, yellow flowers and mandarin aromas. Just a delight and not the type of white wine to overchill. Just give it a light chill and enjoy the evolution in glass alongside a great meal. The winery, I Cacciagalli, is a young, burgeoning estate located at the base of an inactive volcano named Roccamonfina.

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Color

White

Vintage

2018

Country

Italy

Region

Campania

Producer

I Cacciagalli

Grape Variety

Fiano

Production Methods

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Orange wine is made by using white wine grapes, which are pressed and left in contact with the skins, seeds, and stems for an extended period of time, similar to how red wine is made.

This prolonged maceration extracts color, tannins, and phenols, giving the wine a darker, sometimes orange color. It also produces a wine with more structure and intense flavor.

Maceration times can vary between a few hours to many months, with longer contact giving more color and extraction.

Staff Pick Notes

A dialed-in and delectable orange wine from a generations-old farm on volcanic soils in northwest Campania, this is a fine introduction to a region representing some of the very best efforts in Italian natural winemaking. Diana Iannaccone is the current custodian of her family’s estate. She and husband Mario Basco maintain a practice of biodynamics and low yields in the vineyard, and long maceration in amphorae in their winery. Their wines are expressive, concentrated, and brimming with local character. 'Zagreo’ is 100% fiano, fermented 45 days on its skins, aged 9 months in clay vessels. For me it showed fuzzy apricot skin, sagebrush and rosemary, and white flowers. Grippy and structured with a medium-full body, this is best decanted, served at a cool room temperature. Would be an elegant partner with an herbaceous roast (porchetta!).

- CB

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