Mastroberardino’s 2009 Falanghina Irpinia Morabianca is explosive in the way it bursts onto the palate with a head-spinning melange of ripe peaches, ash, smoke, game and licorice. The rich, weighty Morabianca has the stuffing to stand up to all but the richest of foods. It is a wine of unsual complexity and pedigree. The fact that the production of the Morabianca is 1/20th of the Falanghina Sannio is not lost. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2014.
Mastroberardino is one of the historically significant names in Italian wine. These entry-level selections offer plenty of insight into the unique qualities of Campania’s myriad indigenous red and white grape varieties.
A Leonardo Lo Cascio Selection, Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620