2016 Fiorduva Costa d'Amalfi

This is one of my favorite white wines from Campania and one that I buy happily (despite that steep price tag) when I'm down on the Amalfi Coast. The 2016 Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco Fiorduva is a benchmark blend of 40% Ripoli, 30% Fenile and 30% Ginestra grapes grown in steep terraces overlooking some of the most beautiful scenery on earth. Those terraces range from 100 to a whopping 750 meters above sea level in a sudden vertical rise. The soils are composed of crushed limestone dolomitic rock. This wine is fermented in oak and aged in barrique for six months, followed by 12 months in bottle before its commercial release. This vintage plays its best cards in the mouth, where its full texture and tight layering is divine. It imparts juicy notes of summer peach, honey and sweet almond followed by whiffs of salty sea breeze. Some 22,000 bottles were made. This estate farms ancient vines, most of which are over 100 years old.