Cantina del Barone, Cesinali, Irpinia
Viticulturist and Eonologist- Luigi Sarno
la rosa selections
Currently Offering:
Particella 928 | Vino Bianco made from 100% Giano | Fiano di Avellino DOP
Paone | Vino Bianco made from 100% Giano | Fiano di Avellino DOP
Dosaggio Zero Ancestrale | Vino Bianco Spumante from 100% Fiano | Fiano di Avellino DOP
about CANTINA DEL BARONE
Cantina del Barone on the sunny hills of Cesinali, a small farming village in the Avellino area, where the Sarno family has been looking after their own land for over a century. On eight hectares of land Luigi Sarno makes great still and sparkling white wine from the Fiano varietal.
While the Sarno family has worked the land at this small estate for over 100 years, the property originally belonged to a wealthy baron from Naples who relied on the Sarnos to tend his hazelnut trees and vegetable plots. Over forty years ago, a dream came true when Antonio Sarno purchased the estate from the Barone and then planted the first Fiano vines in 1985. Located in the hilly region known as Irpinia, just twenty miles inland from Mt. Vesuvius, this small family vineyard is ideally situated to benefit from a terroir that is home to one of Italy’s most noble white wines. Fiano thrives in these dark, sandy volcanic soils laden with shell deposits, benefitting from long hot days and cool nights thanks to the influence of the surrounding mountains.
Fresh out of viticulture and enology school, Antoio’s son Luigi brought new enthusiasm to the family operation. The decision to tear out a small parcel and replant it with rows oriented differently with respect to the sun marked the first of Luigi’s innovative modifications. The new Particella 928 is able to attain greater ripeness all while retaining the strong backbone of acidity that gives the wine its freshness and age-worthiness. As a result, Cantina del Barone’s Fiano expresses real elegance, generous in its fleshiness and captivating floral aromas, with a distinctive toasted hazelnut to the graceful finish. It is undeniable that Luigi Sarno is an up-and-coming star whose work will bring well-deserved attention to Campania’s world-class wines.
