DOCG White

Vinosia Le Grade Fiano di Avellino DOCG

Vinosia
Grape
Fiano
Denomination
Fiano di Avellino DOCG
Region
Campania

Vinosia's single-site Fiano from San Potito Ultra, grown at around 500 metres on clay threaded with volcanic tuff. Steel-raised, dry and salty, it layers Williams pear, apricot and toasted almond over a stony spine. About £17 in the UK.

Best price
£16.50

2025 · 75cl · checked 8 Oct

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Where to buy Fiano di Avellino DOCG 'Le Grade'

£16.50 best price · 2 retailers in stock · checked 8 Oct 2026

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Xtrawine Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 8 Oct
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£16.50 £22.00/L
Eurowines Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 8 Oct
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£17.82 £23.76/L

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Le Grade: Vinosia's hillside Fiano

Williams pear, candied apricot and toasted almond from whole-cluster-pressed Fiano grown at San Potito Ultra. Stone, honey and salt are the notes most drinkers pick out.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
10 July 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Fiano
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Williams pear, candied apricot and lemongrass lead, folded into toasted almond and acacia honey. Air brings wild flowers, chamomile and a light smoky edge, the mark of Fiano grown high in the Avellino hills.

SmokySmoky
LemonLemon
ApricotApricot
PearPear
ChamomileChamomile
Wet stonesWet stones
AlmondAlmond
HoneyHoney
Palate

Dry and medium-bodied at 13.5%, smooth in texture yet driven by citrus freshness. The salty, stony spine comes straight off the site: Le Grade's clay at San Potito Ultra carries volcanic and tuff material at roughly 500 metres. Three months in steel on its fine spent yeast keep the fruit taut rather than creamy.

Finish

Long and savoury, closing on wet stone and a bitter-almond echo. Stone, honey and salt are the notes most drinkers pick out.

Overall

Vinosia's estate Fiano rather than a riserva, from the family that helped build Feudi di San Gregorio. A well-liked wine, with the 2022 the best-liked recent year. Drink the 2025 from release to about 2030, as pear and apricot turn towards honey and chamomile.

Drink now Best by 2030
Live UK pricing

Buying the 2025 Le Grade in the UK

Eurowines sells the 2025 at £17.82 a bottle in six-bottle cases (£106.92), under natural cork at 13.5% ABV. Svinando UK carries the same release at £16.90.

Best price · 75 cl £16.50 at xtrawine
Price spread £16.50 - £17.82 Across 2 UK retailers tracked
Retailers tracked 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £22.00 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 8 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Le Grade scores as an Italian wine pick

Six dimensions scored for this bottle. A salty, unoaked DOCG white at £17.82 lands as a food-first buy with real short-term cellar interest rather than a trophy.

Best with food 8.4/10

Citrus acidity, a salty stony streak and a smooth mid-weight palate span raw fish to roast chicken; sushi, soft cheeses and white meats are its natural matches.

Best intro to this style 7.8/10

A classic, aromatic expression of an indigenous Campanian grape at 13.5% with no oak. The salty register is the only step beyond its friendly pear and honey fruit.

Best value 7.4/10

UK pricing of £16.90 to £17.82 sits mid-band for single-site Fiano di Avellino DOCG. Feudi's single-vineyard bottlings run £16.90 to £23, and this is a well-liked wine.

Best everyday bottle 6.2/10

Ready on release, unoaked and food-flexible, though £17.82 sits at the top of everyday territory for a midweek white.

Best for an occasion 5.8/10

DOCG status, a named single site and the Feudi di San Gregorio family story add polish. At £17.82 this is a smart dinner white rather than a trophy bottle.

Best for cellar 5.5/10

Steel-only with about three months on its spent yeast and no DOCG ageing mandate. Cautious readings give it 3 to 4 years and the estate arc stretches to 8 as honey and chamomile develop.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Fiano di Avellino in five fields

A compact view of what the Fiano di Avellino denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
1 varieties listed
This bottle: Fiano.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Avellino
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOCG · Fiano di Avellino
Classification
DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)
Vintages

Le Grade vintages: 2025 on sale, 2022 the peak

The 2025 was hand-picked in the second ten days of October and rested about three months in steel on its fine spent yeast. Among recent vintages, drinkers like the 2022 best, with the 2023 and 2024 close behind.

2025 Current release
Best price
£16.50
Retailers
2 in stock

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Fiano di Avellino DOCG: the rules behind Le Grade

The DOCG caps yields at 10 tonnes per hectare across 26 municipalities of Avellino province, San Potito Ultra among them. Vinosia bottles at origin in Paternopoli, the cellar Mario and Luciano Ercolino founded in 2003 after Feudi di San Gregorio.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Fiano di Avellino is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 1 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 10.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Tasting panel. Mandatory pre-release tasting commission
03

Region and area context

Fiano di Avellino falls within Campania, covering Avellino.

Fiano di Avellino DOCG zone Wine route in the zone

Made at Vinosia, Paternopoli.

Wine route in the zone: Irpinia DOCG circuit.

04

Reading the label

  • VinosiaProducer / estate
  • FianoGrape varieties
  • Fiano di Avellino DOCGGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • Imbottigliato all’origineEstate-bottled
05

What sits behind the price of Fiano di Avellino DOCG 'Le Grade'

Tracked from
£16.50
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
4 up / 1 down
Main factor
Single-site hillside Fiano at San Potito Ultra, about 500 metres
  1. 01

    Single-site hillside Fiano at San Potito Ultra, about 500 metres

    Cost up

    Le Grade is a named site on clay threaded with volcanic and tuff material, cane-pruned at about 5,000 vines per hectare. Hillside farming at this density costs more per bottle than valley-floor fruit.

  2. 02

    Hand harvest and whole-bunch pressing

    Cost up

    The 2025 was hand-picked in the second ten days of October and pressed in whole clusters, with the juice settled cold. That is a slow, labour-heavy route, chosen to protect Fiano's pear and almond aromatics.

  3. 03

    DOCG yield cap and extraction limit

    Cost up

    Fiano di Avellino DOCG limits yields to 10 tonnes per hectare and 70% juice extraction under its rules. So Le Grade gives fewer bottles than an IGT Campania white could.

  4. 04

    Steel-only ageing, no barrel programme

    Cost down

    About three months in stainless steel on fine spent yeast is the whole ageing. With no oak to buy or store, more of the £17.82 price is fruit and site rather than cellar hardware.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT on the £17.82 shelf price

    Cost up

    HMRC duty on still wine at or under 15% ABV is £2.67 a bottle, and VAT is £2.97 at this price. About £5.64 of Eurowines' £17.82 is tax before a drop of Fiano is paid for.

01

Single-site hillside Fiano at San Potito Ultra, about 500 metres

Cost up

Le Grade is a named site on clay threaded with volcanic and tuff material, cane-pruned at about 5,000 vines per hectare. Hillside farming at this density costs more per bottle than valley-floor fruit.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

What to eat with a saline Fiano like Le Grade

Sushi, soft cheeses, white meats and shellfish are its natural matches. The matches below follow the wine's three levers: citrus acidity, tuff saltiness and the almond-and-honey bouquet.

Acidity matching Strong match

Raw fish, sushi and crudo

Citrus-fresh acidity and the salty finish of tuff-grown Fiano do what soy and lemon ask of a white: cleanse and season at once. Sushi and a lime-marinated yellowtail tartare are the obvious matches.

Try with: Sashimi · Nigiri Sushi · Crab · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Fried seafood and batter

Whole-cluster pressing keeps Le Grade's acid line firm, and 13.5% gives it enough body for frying oil. The citrus cut scrubs batter fat while the salty, stony streak seasons like a squeeze of lemon.

Try with: Prawn Tempura · Fish and Chips · Gnocco fritto

Aromatic bridge Good match

Fresh mozzarella and Irpinia cheeses

Acacia honey and toasted almond in the bouquet bridge into milky, lactic sweetness. Soft cheeses are a natural match, and Caciocavallo podolico, Irpinia's benchmark cow's-milk cheese, is the local one.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · buffalo mozzarella · smoked scamorza · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Roast chicken and white meats

Medium body, a smooth yeast-fed texture and a warm 13.5% frame let this Fiano sit beside roast birds without thinning out. Its freshness lifts the fat in crisp skin, and roasted white meats are a classic match for it.

Try with: Roast chicken · lemon-roast poussin · grilled courgettes · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Shellfish pasta and saline plates

Stone, honey and salt lead in this Fiano, and that salty vein meets shellfish brine head on. Sweet crab and clam juices taste sweeter against Fiano grown on volcanic-flecked clay.

Try with: Fregula ai frutti di mare · Squid ink risotto · Crab · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Hot chilli and heavy sweet-sour sauces

Chilli heat turns 13.5% alcohol into burn and flattens Le Grade's almond and acacia-honey aromatics, while thick sweet-sour glazes swamp the dry, salty finish. Pour an off-dry aromatic white with these and keep the Fiano for the raw bar.

Skip with: chicken madras · Szechuan chicken · sweet and sour dipping sauces · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Le Grade: the three-to-eight-year arc

Not a riserva. Cautious readings give it 3 to 4 years of storage, and the estate profile stretches the arc to eight. By then pear and apricot fold into honey, chamomile and a faint hydrocarbon note.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Serving temperature
8-12°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Medium

Steel-only with about three months on its spent yeast and no DOCG ageing mandate. Cautious readings give it 3 to 4 years and the estate arc stretches to 8 as honey and chamomile develop.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£16.50 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Xtrawine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Le Grade page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 8 Oct 2026, 03:26 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Le Grade's wine map: Fiano, Avellino, Vinosia

Common Questions

Expect Williams pear, candied apricot and lemongrass over toasted almond and acacia honey. The palate is dry and smooth, with the salty, stony spine of Fiano grown on the tuff-rich clays at San Potito Ultra. That stony note is what drinkers mention most.

From Vinosia's Le Grade site in the hills of San Potito Ultra, one of the 26 Avellino-province municipalities written into the Fiano di Avellino DOCG zone. The cane-pruned vines sit at around 500 metres on clay flecked with volcanic material, planted at about 5,000 vines per hectare. The wine is bottled at origin at the family cellar in Paternopoli.

No. The 2025 is pressed in whole clusters, settled cold and kept about three months in stainless steel on its fine spent yeast. There is no barrel influence; freshness and saltiness lead instead of oak.

Drink it from release over three to five years. Cautious readings give it 3 to 4 years of storage potential; the estate profile stretches the arc to eight, when honey and chamomile notes emerge. The 2025 should show well through 2030.

The 2025 vintage. Eurowines sells it at £106.92 for a six-bottle case, which is £17.82 a bottle including VAT, sealed under natural cork at 13.5% ABV. Svinando UK carries the same release at £16.90.

Raw and delicate seafood first: sushi, soft cheeses and white meats, and shellfish above all. Its acidity and salty finish also suit fregula with seafood, mozzarella-based antipasti and simple roast chicken.

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Fiano di Avellino DOCG 'Le Grade'