Luigi Maffini

Italy, Campania

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 boars, 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.

2013 KLEOS Aglianico Luigi Maffini

Campania Italy 13.5% Red
Aglianico

While very much retaining its own southern personality in this gloriously supple, tangy, dark berry-scented example, Campanian aglianico offers similar charms to considerably pricier Barolo or Barbaresco in its mix of h...(read more)

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2016 KRATOS Fiano Luigi Maffini

Campania Italy 13% White
Fiano

Perfumed and fresh with peach and apricot, wild flowers, touch of lime. Palate is zesty with lime juice, peach flesh, mineral, crisp acid but generous fruit extract, gently perfumed very satisfyi...(read more)

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2014 PIETRAINCATENATA Fiano Luigi Maffini

Campania Italy 13.5% White
Fiano

This is the ultimate expression of Fiano - southern Italy's bright perky white grape variety. From a single vineyard, this is barrel-fermented in new French oak, then aged on the lees for 6 month...(read more)

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