FIANO
Hand-picked early in vintage 2024, this is our second make of popular Fiano. With flavours of lime sorbet, green apple, cucumber, morning dew, a gentle rain of fresh acidity. Finishes with a lick of chalk and sea spray, mineral, and saline. This wine will go beautifully with Port Lincoln sardines on sourdough rye bread, with dill, and lemon crème fraiche.
Reviews of the 2024 Fiano:
93 points, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion, December 2024:
From vines planted in 2020, this is the second release of fiano at this address. Picked early and wild fermented cool and slow, it spent seven weeks on lees in steel before bottling. Though picked at a frisky point, there’s no greenness, just a citric urgency that is quite compelling. There’s some complexity, too, with dried wild grasses and a hint of spice. The palate is moreishly refreshing, with lemon barley water texture and brisk but not tart acidity. It’s a very fine drink.
Reviews of the 2023 Fiano:
15.5+, Max Allen, Jancis Robinson, October 2023:
First crop of Fiano at H&Y, made very simply: ambient-yeast cool ferment, ageing in stainless steel, bottled after nine weeks. That lovely varietal Fiano fragrance – a touch of green apple, citrus and handcream – then a little lean and cool, with a gentle rain of acidity on the tongue. Will fill out in bottle over the next couple of years.
