A single vineyard Fiano di Avellino. Late harvest, fermented in oak. Light golden honey, canola oil in the glass. Great expressive nose that is open now. Great, complex nutty aromas. This wine is so much more after 20 minutes out of the fridge. Very temperature driven. It gains more weight and complexity and finish as it warms up. The fruit is pineapple and it shows a real nut oil layer. The oak helps, does not detract, but day 2 mellows it out so this should improve with a year or two of age. I have had 6 bottles so far and have allocated even more for the cellar.
An impressive white for $20. It`s a great example of great value Italian white that I have been searching for in part from what I have I found in the archives here. The late harvest and oak make it a more substantial and interesting Fiano than I have had to date.
Nice note, thanks.
By the way, for those of you interested in a bit of background information on the Fiano, Levi Dalton has recently interviewed Piero Mastroberardino in his podcast “I’ll drink to that” (episode 146). He gives some interesting information about the ageability of Fiano.
Piero is from the branch of the Mastroberardino family owning the eponymous winery.
Terredora belongs to the other branch of the family.
I have access to all the other Terredora whites but I cant bring myself to walk away from the Fiano di Avellino Campore and its only slightly more expensive in my market. But once the weather warms up I`ll be looking to try the rest of the (unoaked) whites.
I also have access to 4 of the Terredora Aglianicos but I have only tried the entry level $13 version to date. Its quite impressive for the price and drinks well young. Good cellar defender. To me its a gateway drug to the higher end Aglianicos which are definitely on my radar. Have you tried them? I didn’t see much mention of them when searching WB.