FIOR D'ALJANO

Fior d'Aljano — Flower of Aljano — is the sparkling expression of the estate's pre-phylloxera Spergola vine, produced following the Charmat method in a style designed for the enjoyment of parties and any celebration. Where Brezza di Luna offers the Spergola grape in its most meditative and most pure still form, Fior d'Aljano translates the same variety's genuine aromatic character into the festive register of sparkling wine — a mode that the Spergola's natural freshness and aromatic vivacity make genuinely well suited.

The Charmat method — in which secondary fermentation takes place in pressurised tanks rather than in individual bottles — preserves the freshness and the primary aromatic character of the Spergola grape more completely than the longer bottle-fermentation methods would allow. For a variety whose most distinctive quality is the immediacy and the purity of its aromatic expression, the Charmat method is an entirely appropriate production choice.

Aljano's organic philosophy applies to Fior d'Aljano with the same rigour as to all the estate's wines: no synthetic chemicals in vineyard or winery, minimum sulphites, exclusively natural products and techniques. The pre-phylloxera roots of the Spergola vine provide the raw material of genuine historical depth; the organic farming ensures that the surrounding environment preserves that depth rather than compromising it.

Fior d'Aljano is the wine for the estate's celebrations, for the toasts and the shared moments that sparkling wine exists to honour. Its genuine and tasty flavours — the estate's own characterisation — make it a reliable and genuinely pleasurable choice for any occasion that calls for a sparkling wine of authentic character rather than generic production.

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