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Bruno De Conciliis closed the textbook on the standard description of Fiano—Campania's most significant white revered for its ageability—when he wrote his own interpretation in his limited production Antece (roughly 310 cases). But then again, De Conciliis has never been one to follow the Campanian prototype for the model Fiano, which many believe is the provenance exclusively of the Avellino zone, where it typically delivers distinctive notes of hazelnut and a slight smokiness. Situated far from Campania’s heralded northern ground in the relatively unknown outpost of Cilento, De Conciliis has been authoring his own revival of the ancients since 1996, privileging a Fiano that’s denoted by distinctive minerality, honey, and herbs. With Antece, he’s gone farther outside the mainstream than usual—seeking to position Italy's most aristocratic white in the fitting and inspiring context of wine's mystical past.
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