Villa Diamante and the Fiano of Antoine Gaite, by Serena and Diamante

by Antonella Amodio 05/06/22 |

Villa Diamante - Vigna della Congregazione, verticale

Vigna della Congregazione is a Fiano di Avellino of extraordinary elegance and great longevity, with the young Serena Gaite who continues in the path traced by her father.

It was 1996 when Antoine Gaite decided to give life to his dream of making wine.

Since then, Villa Diamante has been producing at Montefredane, at 500 meters of altitude in the province of Avellino, where Diamante, the woman of his life, to whom he dedicated the name of the winery, continues to hold the helm of the winery, after her death.

In that place full of charm, where steep slopes create enchanting views, a new path of Fiano di Avellino has begun, a new way of interpreting the white wine from Irpinia which will be cultivated on mainly clayey soils and with the presence of calcareous marl, which will be harvested until October, drastic pruning and thinning, long aging on fine lees, spontaneous fermentations and no clarification or filtration.

A modus operandi shared in those years with few other interpreters of the wine, and that will bring Antoine on tiptoe in the elite of the Italian production.

His wines have a unique style and are centered on long aging. Proof of this is the Fiano di Avellino Vigna della Congregazione vintage 2009, opened with his daughter Serena and with Diamante, a wine marked by a texture of freshness and incredible acidity and that still shows youth, not only in the taste, but also in the ample bouquet which recalls the fresh aromas of Mediterranean scrub.

An elegant wine, where you can read a lot of Antoine's personality, a reserved and cultured man. Today there is Serena, who is studying enology and who continues the path traced by her father, supported by her mother, protecting and persevering that dream of producing an emotional wine, fruit of the land, of man's work and of the capacity of the grape.

Serena is very much like her father, she has a mixture of extremism and rigor, she has passion and talent and hearing her speak means knowing that here at Villa Diamante everything continues, with that perpetual motion that only love can keep alive.

Vigna della Congregazione is a Fiano produced from a two-hectare vineyard of about 40 years old with a northern exposure: Antoine Gaite was farsighted in this as well. He was looking for longevity and intensity and he knew very well that the global warming of the earth did not favor vineyards oriented in a different way.

The 2019 vintage is spacey, but we suggest you wait a few years before uncorking the bottle. In the meantime, there are other vintages worth opening. We give you a taste of them with a description of a unique vertical.

Villa Diamante
Vigna della Congregazione Fiano di Avellino 2019