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2023 Fiano Luigi Maffini
Grapes | Fiano |
Colour | White |
Origin | Italy, Campania |
Other | Certified Organic |
ABV | 13.5% |
Lovely fragrant grapefruit, orange zest and wild flowers. Bold and rich in the mouth, great acid backbone overlaid with orange and grapefruit, ready to go. L&S (Apr 2024)
12 | ||
*Case price discount: Mix any 12 bottles of wine (or 9 litre equivalent) or 6 bottles of Champagne, Spirits, Sweet Wine or Fortified (4.5 litres) to get the discounted 'case price' for each bottle.
Various sites in the hills at 350 m. Clay-limestone soils. Harvesting at different ripeness levels, mid August to mid September. Fermented in tank. Ripe stone fruit and lively grapefruit, plus a touch of white pepper. Firm, deep, smooth texture with lots of freshness. Vibrant, mouth-watering and long. Drinking range: 2024 - 2027 Rating: 16.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2024)
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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