Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Fiano 2023
- 92
- $28
- Drink by: 2024-2026
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Fiano is proving to be a champion variety in Australia and I’m here for it. Originally from Campania, this heat and drought tolerant variety is part of the Oliver family’s response to climate change. It smells like slicing into a yuzu, as the oil in the skin and spritz of the juice enliven the air. There’s white nectarine and Frosty Fruit icy poles while makrut lime leaf, a nuttiness and salty seashell minimality adds complexity. It tastes like biting into a Nashi pear, with a fascinating texture that sits somewhere between the enzymatic tang of pineapple flesh and the flaky crisp of a water cracker. I’m struggling to come up with a pairing suggestion because there’s very little this wine won’t be delightful with.
Nicole loves wine. So much so that she gave up a successful career in Pharmacy, perfected her spitting technique, and moved from sunny Queensland to the wine-drenched laneways of Melbourne. Stints in hospitality, wineries, retail, sales and marketing filled the next few years while Nicole built her knowledge and searched for the right path. She completed the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in 2016 and became a certified WSET Educator the following year. She now juggles a number of roles including teaching people about wine, curating wines lists for restaurants and bars, judging in Australian wine shows and, of course, writing. In 2016 she won the Negociants Working With Wine writing award and has since contributed to Gourmet Traveller WINE, Halliday Wine Companion Magazine and Nourish Magazine.
