Briar Ridge Limited Release Hunter Valley Fiano 2023
- 95
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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The time will be coming very soon when we no longer describe Fiano as a new, alternative grape variety. Acceptance of the Southern Italian grape variety in this country is such that it is fast becoming mainstream. Here, we see it presented savoury, earthy and wild. It’s not the usual Aussie style, definitely a little more Italian in feel, but it certainly works and shows the grape’s admirable versatility. Brings bush scents of acacia and spring blossom to the bouquet with apple, Nashi pear, almond and straw. Firm acidity guides the palate as it explores savoury territory rich in apple and pear intensity, earth and herbals of thyme, fennel and ginger, finishing with an almond skin dryness.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
