Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Fiano 2024

Fiano is a variety that we are seeing more and more of on the shelves, and this is the perfect example of why. A grape variety from the warm, southern and coastal Campania region in Italy, it’s clearly at home on Aussie turf, especially at the hands of Fiano queen, Corrina Wright. The nose is resplendent with ripe yellow peach, a brush past the rosemary bush, a sea breeze, slightly waxy preserved lemon pith, sandstone, dried ginger and the heady inhale of a new paperback. Energy, energy, energy! There’s plenty of it here, with a great tension between the crisp and fresh acid line and the creamy purity of fruit with textural, ripe, fine sandpaper phenolics. This dances over the tongue and wakes up both the taste buds and the mind. A total delight, full of excitement. All hail Fiano!