This is one of the best white wines that I have ever tasted. It is made from Fiano white grapes in the Campania region of Italy near Naple. The Mastroberardino domain apparently helped to develop the future of the grape. The grapes are grown in calcareous soils which add a touch of minerality to the smell and taste of the wine. It hails from a single vineyard in the hills. Our wine was still developing in the bottle. The wine has a complex taste and for me it tasted of green and citrus fruits, honey and of course the mineral flavour. The wine was very concentrated and its flavour lingered long on the palate after swallowing. It is not quite bone dry but it is of full body and it is slightly unctuous. Everything about this wine is fully balanced and integrated. It will keep for years longer. It was simply a joy to drink with fish, but it would go down with Parma ham. This is not a wine to be treated lightly and slugged back. It needs to be treated with all the respect that a really good wine deserves by drinking it with a good meal and good friends.
More Maiorum 2015 has its own distinct taste which sets it apart from all other white wines that I have tasted. We have only sampled it twice but it is quite possible that my wife could recognise it again- blind- as the wine is truly memorable. It is up there with the finest Chablis and dare I say it : Montrachet. It shames bulk wine producers.
Before, I was introduced to this wine last year by a friend I had never heard of it. We shared a case of this wine and the price was right. However, I could easily have paid twice as much and still felt that I was getting a high quality wine at a good price. It compares favourably with the best whites from Burgundy, The Loire and Bordeaux and Spain. What more can I say?
https://mastroberardino.com/vino/more-maiorum-fiano-di-avellino-docg-2011/
https://www.vinissimus.com/en/wine/mastroberardino-more-maiorum/
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