Tenuta di Fiorano

History

The Tenuta di Fiorano lies on the Appia Antica at the southern edge of Rome, part of a property the Boncompagni Ludovisi family acquired in the early twentieth century. Wine had been made there from 1930, but the estate's legend began in 1946 when Prince Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi took it over and, against the conventions of the day, planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malvasia di Candia and Semillon on the Roman countryside.

Alberico's wines — the Bordeaux-blend Fiorano Rosso and a Semillon-based Fiorano Bianco — became cult bottles admired by the likes of Luigi Veronelli and Tancredi Biondi Santi. After Alberico's death in 2005 his grand-nephew Prince Alessandrojacopo Boncompagni Ludovisi revived the vineyards, and a 2020 court ruling confirmed the family's exclusive right to the 'Fiorano' name.