Fiano Grape
White Grape
The white grape Fiano is grown in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Latium, Marche, Molise, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Umbria.
Fiano is a vine that produces “Uve Apianee”, as they were defined by Pliny because the bees loved it. The limited cultivation of the Fiano grape is particularly concentrated in the Avellino area, an environment particularly favorable to the cultivation of hazelnut groves of which this wine is rich in aroma. However, this interpretation is no longer accepted as it is not the bees that are attracted to the grapes, but the wasps. For this reason, the term Appiano derives, according to some authors, from a variety of apple that takes the name of a certain Appio (Pliny). According to Strabo, the Apianas were brought by pelagic settlers from the Peloponnese.
Characteristics of the wine
The wine obtained from the Fiano grape in purity has a more or less intense straw yellow color with the typical aromas of toasted hazelnut, pear and spices, with a long persistence and often great complexity.
