Set in the Mountainous commune of Montefredane in the province of Avellino in southern Italy’s Campania region, if you’re very lucky, you may find Villa Diamante. A winery that was an expression of love when it was founded in 1996 by Antoine and Diamante. If this story wasn’t already perfect, it got better when the circle of life was fulfilled with their daughter Serena following in her fathers’ footsteps and now working alongside her mother.
Diamante, who is of Italian American heritage, found her way back home to where her soul was most at ease. She might have a self deprecating and very unassuming nature but don’t let this fool you because her wine delivers very big and very confident indeed.
Such a fabulous expression of their region, their Fiano wine is delicate and refined, however, even though they only make two varieties and their output may be small in volume, I think you will appreciate it all the more because of it.
Antoine’s intuition was to delay the release of wines for a year, to allow for long contact with the lees, this marked a winning turning point, and has now become their trademark. While respecting the environment and using traditional agronomical practices that allow for minimal physical intervention, all of their vineyards are organic.
I can say with confidence that their Fiano is the very best that I have come across.
