2024 Jasper Hill Lo Stesso Fiano Organic, Heathcote

Fiano is taking Aussie winemakers by storm and here's why. Jasper Hill, with fruit from Chalmers vineyard and their own plantings, takes the drinker on a journey into a world of savouriness, fleshy creaminess and scintillating fruit. Gently complex in dusty lemon, spiced pear, apple, melon, quince, almond and grilled nuts. Smoothly rounded, with bright acidity laying the groundwork for one mouth-watering finish.

95 points Special Value Jeni Port winecompanion.com.au May 2025

Bright straw-yellow colour. Roast nectarine, nettle and fresia aromatics. Medium weighted with ripe yellow stone fruits, smoked honey and wattle notes. Wonderfully layered and textured, it carries very long with sweetness balanced by smoky nuances that intrigue. It would go well with subtle Middle Eastern spices 08 May 2025 Drink 2025–2032

93 points Stuart Knox therealreview.com #1 of 45 2024 Fiano from Australia

A blend of 50% estate grown fruit and 50% purchased regional fruit, fully de-stemmed, fermented partially in new Austrian oak and stainless steel. Light pale straw colour, pear and guava aromas and a sherbet zing on the palate with good tension supporting the subtle toasty oak and saline minerality. Screw-cap sealed, 13.5% alcohol Emily McNally

Established by Ron and Elva Laughton, ever since the first vintage in 1982 Jasper Hill has been a small, family business. . As the vineyards and their two daughters have grown over the years, both Emily and Georgia continue to work within the business. Emily has been passionately growing grapes and making wine alongside her father since 2001, whilst Georgia enjoys doing most of the administrative work. Ron and Elva live amongst the vines on Emily’s Paddock; Emily lives on Georgia’s Paddock vineyard with her husband Nick, daughter Ella and son Nate. Nick is also a highly valued member of the team, both in the vineyard and in the cellar. Only time will tell, if the next young generation will continue the wine making tradition of their grandfather and mother.