Oliver’s Taranga Anfore Fiano 2023

A new look for the Fiano grape which is aged in clay amphorae (anfore) and unfined and unfiltered. Cloudy golden hues apply here. Expect a highly textural, savoury, long lasting, richly endowed wine in the most enduring flavours of stewed spiced apple, honeyed tropical fruits moving into mango with flashes of chervil, herbs and almond. It’s stacked in flavour and offers a very different view of the Fiano grape to what we normally see. Acidity can struggle to keep up with the fully packed palate of flavour which, to me, translates to earlier drinking pleasure with this wine. The maker suggests partnering it with food – a good idea. I’ll have slow-roasted shoulder of pork with baked apples.