Fiano

DE CONCILIIS

Located in the relatively uncharted Cilento zone on the Campania coast. From high-altitude vineyards looking out toward the Mediterranean, Bruno DeConciliis specializes in full-bodied, fruit-forward wines from aglianico, which, in the relatively hot climate of the Cilento, makes wines that are a little more accessible than young wines from Taurasi. The signature red is the 100% aglianico ‘Naima’ (named for a John Coltrane song).

From the book of "Wine's of Italy 2004"

After waiting many years, we are finally able to award Bruno De Conciliis' most archetypal wine, the 100 per cento aglianico Naima, top honours. The '01 seems to have captured, as if by magic, all the sun of the Cilento zone, along with all the power and strength its ancient soils have to yield. It's a wine of majestic structure, as rich and full as a great Mediterranean red should be. Tight-knit as the best examples of Cote Rotie or Priorato, it also reveals the balsam, the sharp red berry fruits and the light smokiness that only aglianico from this particular part of Campania can impart. All credit, then, to Bruno De Conciliis for having given us a wine of this calibre. We sincerely hope that he will be able to repeat the achievement many times more. Acting as pageboys to this sovereign of Campanian wines come a well-styled version of Fiano Donnaluna and a pleasant, most drinkable Aglianico Donnalunga, both '02. They are not outstanding, but given that few people can always drink stellar bottles, it is good to know that we also have wines like these that you can drink regularly without having to take out a second mortgage.