Production area: entire area of the town Montefredane, in the province of Avellino.
The Irpinia's role in the history of viticulture was so important that the railway line Avellino Rocchetta Sant'Antonio was given the name "railroad of the wine."
Completely surrounded by vineyards, the province of Avellino offers wines of international fame such as the Greek di Tufo, Taurasi and Fiano.
The latter takes its name from the homonyms grape, which the Latins called Vitis Apiana, thanks to bees, that they are especially  delicious of the sweetness of those grapes. This wine already very popular in the Middle Ages, it's origin more then thousand years old. The log of Frederick II of Swabia, who lived in the thirteenth century, has noted an order for three "bodies" of Fiano. Even Charles of Anjou would love good wine, to the point to be planted in their vineyard real well Fiano 16,000 screws.

Type: White
Alcohol: 13.5%
Grape: Fiano

Appearance is clear, pale straw yellow.

The smell is intense and persistent, large, fine, with hints of hawthorn flowers, fresh hazelnut, grapefruit and slight mood of forest.

The taste is dry, not very fresh, fruity, warm, full and fairly continuous. At the finish, clear fruity notes, and the perception of "hot" conferred by alcohol.

Considerations: a wine of personality safe, made from grapes chosen some 'mature.

Fermentation at controlled temperature. Aging of more than 6 months in stainless steel barrels.

Definitely the Fiano from Montefredane, a small village lying on a hill near Avellino, mainly clay; it's very recognizable and characterized.

The Fiano of Montefredane have a innate class, it's samples of longevity because usually focus on a more pronounced sour freshness,a rock minerality, forming a pendant to the body extracts less rich than one from Lapio. Wines are subtle, with mineral nose timbre that is changing ever, very fine and intense, enriched by a very peculiar smell of undergrowth that goes from the leaf of the chestnut tree fern. The mouth is tight, but beautifully long. Are generally wines that are expected and drunk far in time, because of their "vertical" at times poignant.

The Fiano made by Antoine Gaita, the Vigna della Congregazione, is a wine of rare elegance, it has almost a French touch.

At the nose is awfully mineral, but complex, rich, articulate, and yet never over the top: always measured, with a grace and Olympic calm.

More than the hazelnut, the scents is almost chestnut, with just the feelings of honey, but without the slightest winking, then spices, herbs: mint, anise ... It is probably the most full of nuances, a sample of race, complex palate and fine, and a long finish. It is one of the whites of my life.

You drink it listening to Mozart.

The one of Villa Diamante is a niche production. But precious few bottles have given voice to a territory of election within of the Irpina Denominazione DOCG. And what a voice!.

This year Bibenda has selected among the 319 wines of the latest edition of the guide Duemilavini, the 30 best wines of Italy, in practice the great among the great, and among these ther's precisely the Vigna della Congregazione 2006.

Perfect as an aperitif, find good matches with the most refined dishes of fish. Tasting at a temperature of 8 ° -10 ° C.