Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Fiano 2026
- 95
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2027
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Grapefruit, lemonade and kaffir lime leaf. This Fiano feels like the friend you can bring to a work do knowing she’ll leave with friends of her own. Made with minimal intervention and indigenous yeast, it includes portions fermented in concrete eggs and large-format French oak. In the mouth, the fruit is concentrated and juicy, with boiled sweets, green melon and almond meal. There’s plenty to chew on. The texture is saline, almost briny, and the finish has that slight bitterness typical of Fiano. This is a long-lunch wine. Big, but easy. Whimsical, but nonchalant. Just a yummy bloody wine.
A hopeless romantic for wine and food, Cyndal is nearing 15 years in hospitality while still (just) under 30. A Chef-turned-Sommelier and award-winning wine professional, Cyndal recently left a Group Sommelier role where she curated seven wine lists across multiple venues and led the wine team to Gourmet Traveller Wine Bar of the Year—just months after opening. Now freelance, Cyndal is a wine consultant, event host, wine judge, and wine writer. Passionate about sharing wine’s story with the world, she brings a fresh voice and creative solutions to the industry. After studying and traveling through most of her 20s, she’s now based in WA’s southwest, proudly embracing her role as a WA coastal cowgirl.
