2012-KRATOS-Fiano-Luigi-Maffini

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2012 Fiano Luigi Maffini

Grapes Fiano
Colour White
Origin Italy, Campania
ABV 13%

Pure Fiano from 3 separate parcels which Luigi says each add another dimension to this gorgeous, perky wine. Lovely greengage intensity and pure bright lines frame the gorgeously textured mid palate. Delicious for drinking now on the young bright fruit - but we were astonished to taste the 2006 alongside with Luigi. 7 years on and it was still delightful. Not surprisingly the colour was showing signs of age, becoming an exotic, beautiful bright gold - not orangey or rusty just a sort of yellow on steroids. On the palate the freshness was surprising, slightly rounded out and smoothly mineral but still centered on bright, bright fruit - extraordinary stuff. L&S (Oct 2013)


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100% Fiano from three separate vineyards on the coast south of Naples: mid-yellow colour, lively yet rich nose of yellow summer fruits, smooth texsture and lifted finish, very pure with more complexity to come. (Stephen Spurrier recommends). Drinking range: 2014 - 2016Decanter Magazine (Oct 2014)

(100% fiano): Bright yellow. Perfumed, precise aromas of pear, stone and spice. Juicy, lean and taut, with a firm acid backbone and building sweetness to its apple, pear and white stone fruit flavors. The long finish features good spicy lift and more dimension and better acidity than some recent vintages. This is frequently one of Italy's better white wines. Incidentally, fiano wines from the Cilento coastline area, such as this one, tend to be sweeter and rounder than those from the volcanic high altitudes of Irpinia, for example Rating: 91 Ian d'Agata - Stephen Tanzer website (Apr 2014)

Light oakiness. Medium body, light floral character. Rating: 15.5 Richard Hemming MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2014)

Luigi Maffini

Luigi Maffini's vineyards are on the coast of Campania, south of Naples, across the bay from Positano, and planted with the local grapes, Fiano for the whites and Aglianico for the reds. While the family's first vines were planted in the seventies, the real beginning of this winery dates from 1996.

Luigi and his wife Raffaella are both graduates of Naples university in agricultural sciences. Luigi specialised in viticulture and winemaking. Ten years elapsed between our first tasting of his wines and getting Luigi 'on board', but he has now been with L&S since 2009.

Raffaella and Luigi run the vineyards organically, and share the land with their two children and three dogs, as well as hares, foxes, hedgehogs, hawks and wild boar, with which they are happy to live in peace. There are now two vineyard sites, at Castellabate and Giungano, so some of the wines are DOC Cilento and some DOC Paestum.

You can read more about the estate on Sarah Marsh's blog 'The English Nose'

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