Here's a new wine project from the folks at Mastroberardino. The 2015 Fiano di Avellino Stiléma is a beautiful example of where Fiano goes after a few years of bottle age. We know that Fiano can age, so it's very special to be able to taste a wine like this. The bouquet opens delicately to reveal poached pear, dried apple and apricot with finely-tuned notes of crushed stone. There is also a distinctive note of iron rust (like the kind found inside minerals or stones) that I often associate with aged Fiano. Smoke and campfire ash also appear.