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2024 Fiano

$28.00 / bottle

Our winemaker Corrina Wright is known in the wine business as the Queen of Fiano for good reason! Prepare your palate for a textural journey with this Fiano. One minute it’s all pine nuts and cashew, the next it’s kaffir lime and fresh basil with a touch of the tropics. Drink with anything spicy, or just to spice up your life.

Winner of the Trophy for Best Fiano at the 2024 McLaren Vale Wine Show

Specifications Reviews Video

Specifications

Region

100% McLaren Vale

Winemaker

Corrina Wright, 6th Generation

Winemaking

Vegan friendly. Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certified.

Grape Variety

100% Fiano

History

With 100 ha of premium grapevines on the Taranga property, the Oliver family has over 50 blocks representing different grape varieties, clones, soil types & vine ages.

Aroma

Elderflower cordial, cut lime, grapefruit, salt lick and green pineapple. Some white cheese and basil leaf.

Wine & Vintage

Fiano is a relatively new variety to Australia, and originates from the Campania region of Italy. Fiano is super heat and drought tolerant, being able to maintain acidity in the grapes even in our hot South Australian summers. This minimal intervention Fiano is made with indigenous yeast, has no added acid and includes a small portion fermented in French oak.

Palate

Bright and zesty, cut lime drive blended with triple cream brie texture filling out the palate. Nuts, fresh nashi pear, sweet basil leaf continue the flavour journey, generous and mouthfilling.

The Year That Continued

It was a big surprise and thrill for our winemaker Corrina when she was named as a finalist for the Advertiser Sunday Mail SA Women of the Year awards 2024. Fellow winemakers Kate Goodman from Penley Wines and Lauren Langfield from Orbis Wines were also named. 2023’s winner was Katherine Bennell Pegg, the first Australian female astronaut, so to say that they were in illustrious company was an understatement. Corrina was selected for her commitment to the wine community, for serving on the Australian Women in Wine advisory board, the Australian Wine Research Institute board and being president of the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show. At a gala dinner just before International Womens Day, all of the finalists were celebrated, and the 2024 winner was announced. Corporal Kbora Ali, an afghan refugee who is giving back to her community ten fold, was a very deserving winner.

Colour

Pale Straw

Alcohol

12.5%

Reviews

Alphonso mango skin, cantaloupe and lemon balm. Yellow peach and honeysuckle. A wealth of fruit weight with a tread of natural, elegant acidity. There is a creaminess of custard apple and lemon curd with a dry finish and salted peanut brittle note. The meaty nature of Fiano is captured here with the cascade of refreshing citrus pulp. It makes for enjoyable drinking on its own or could easily sit beside almost any entree or main course dish. This will get you obsessed with Fiano. Drink now–2028. 95pts

- Shanteh Wale, Winepilot

Back to back brilliance for the Queen of Fiano, Corrina Wright is dancing on the balls of her feet with this variety. And if you know Corrina, she will probably be dancing on her 'carpets of Instagram' somewhere. The 2023 release was elite and here we go again with this 2024. A terrific wine to sit back and consider, lemon juice, canned pear, quince, sea spray and a little saltiness peel off layers of interest with ease. A sheet of minerality is draped across the top with a fine rhythm of creaminess tapping its foot to the beat. A lemony tang offers the parting gift and seduces you to come back for more. And why not? This is quite delicious. Go here. Drink now. 95pts

- QWine