2024 Varney Wines Fiano

Zesty lime and green apple fruits with a racy feel.

Brilliant pale straw colour with highlights of green around the outskirts and a watery hue. Intense lime and green apple skin aromas infused with fresh herbs jump out of the glass followed by hints of guava and stony mineral notes. Zesty lime and green apple fruits have a racy feel across the palate with infusions of fresh herbs and stony mineral characteristics lining the back half. Crisp acidity with a crunchy saline and mineral laced conclusion.
Drink over the next year.
Alc. 12.2%

Other Reviews…..
The fruit came off the Bremerton vineyard in Langhorne Creek, with 72 hours on skins before pressing to neutral Burgundy barrels; lees stirring was frequent. This is a coolly-fruited expression of the grape, with lifted herbal notes of pea tendril and mint, along with sugar snaps, lime, green apple, cool stone fruit and a gravelly, mineral-like note. There’s an appealing Irpinia via Sancerre quality this vintage, but a little time in bottle is needed to swell out the flavour and texture. Drink by 2028.
93 Points
Marcus Ellis – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion