Vespa Fiano Salento 2021
- 92
- $56
- Drink by: 2023-2029
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A really good Fiano. The colour here is a shimmering green/gold. We have notes of nuts and biscuits, evidence of the gentle oak treatment, topped with cumquats, dry honey and walnuts. A most appealing texture, firm and yet generous with impressive length and a lingering finish, all part of a refreshing style. This will drink well over the next four to six years. Lots to like here and if anyone wants to see a good example of this grape from its Italian home, this is for you.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
