ERIBIANO

Eribiano is the passito wine of the Lavorgna Family estate — produced from the exclusive Agostina grape, named for the standard time of its reaping and vintage, and offered as the estate's most meditative and most richly concentrated expression. It is a wine for the contemplative moment, for the cheese plate brought out with intention, for the sweets and cakes rich in cream that call for a wine of genuine sweetness and aromatic depth.

The Agostina grape is an exclusive of this winery — a variety not found in other estates, preserved and cultivated by the Lavorgna family on the marl-clay hills of San Lorenzello with the same dedication that Giuseppe Lavorgna has brought to the recovery and formal establishment of the Camaiola variety. In its passito form — grapes brought to extra maceration to concentrate their sugars and aromatic compounds — it produces a wine of unusual aromatic richness and genuine sweetness that the Sannio's characteristic mineral freshness prevents from becoming heavy.

The passito style is one of the oldest winemaking techniques in the Mediterranean world, and it finds in the Agostina grape of the Sannio a subject of genuine interest: the variety's aromatic profile, concentrated by the drying process, reveals dimensions of complexity and specificity that the still wine cannot fully suggest. The result is a wine that is simultaneously sweet and fresh, rich and mineral — the balance that distinguishes great passito wines from merely sweet ones.

Eribiano is best served slightly cool alongside the desserts and aged cheeses that it was designed to accompany. Its rarity — as a passito from an exclusive variety found only at this estate — places it among the most genuinely distinctive wines in the UniqueWines portfolio.

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