PIETRAINCATENATA
2019 Fiano Luigi Maffini
| Grapes | Fiano |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | Italy, Campania |
| Other | Certified Organic |
| ABV | 13% |
Denser than the Kratos with great concentration. An almost fleshy nose, loaded with peach and apple fruit. Beautiful bright lift on the palate keeps the energy levels high. Richly fruity, then a mineral line, fresh citrus zip and touch of chalkiness fine grip. Such great length. A wonderful mouthful of textured fruit. This is a complex, charming wine with great personality. L&S (Jan 2022)
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The 2019 Fiano Pietraincatenata dazzles the senses with a sweetly scented and spicy bouquet that mixes ripe peach, mango and candied ginger with nuances of mint and vanilla bean. It’s silky-smooth and undeniably elegant, as cooling mineral tones and vibrant acidity add a juicy feel to its notes of sour melon and green apples. There are depths not yet seen here, as the Pietraincatenata comes across as youthfully dense and packed full of primary concentration, while tapering off savory, almost salty, with a twang of sour lime. Wow. You can enjoy the 2019 today on its intensity, but the best is truly yet to come. Drinking range: 2023 - 2032 Rating: 94 Eric Guido, www.vinous.com (Jan 2022)
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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