The 2016 Irpinia Privilegio (packaged in a 500-milliliter bottle) opens to pretty tones of toasted almond and sweet marzipan with apricot, white raisin and lots of fragrant acacia honey. This vintage is a touch sticky and gluey on the close. Made with air-dried Fiano grapes, this dessert wine shows abundant aromas of candied orange or tangerine. Some 8,000 bottles were made.

This wine is absolutely stunning. The 2015 Irpinia Privilegio (500 ml) is made from air-dried Fiano grapes. This is a complete and generous dessert wine that offers explosive aromas of candied almond, tropical fruit, saffron and sweet honeysuckle. I could drink this wine all day, even at breakfast. Its texture is sensual and rich with irresistible sweetness and soaring flavor intensity.

The delicious 2013 Irpinia Privilegio (500 ml) is made with air-dried fruit that is fermented in wood and aged in oak barrel for eight months. After harvest, Fiano grapes are dried in plastic trays for eight weeks. In some vintages, the clusters see botrytis infections that contribute to the overall complexity and intensity of the wine. The results are simply gorgeous and Privilegio exhibits a brilliant, luminous golden color with bright aromas of honey, yellow fruit, candied fruit and caramel. Sweet honey flavors wrap thickly over the palate.

Dried pineapple with honey aromas follow to a full-bodied palate, very sweet and a long rich, caramel and vanilla aftertaste. Fiano. Drink now. 1,300 cases made, 200 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / South / Irpinia Select to Add

Mature notes of ripe peach and apricot immediately give this dessert wine’s sunny, southern roots away. From sun-drenched Campania Felix, this is a viscous, syrupy treat with concentrated notes of fruit and nuts: almond, roasted chestnut and even a touch of peanut skin. This vintage is syrupy sweet in the mouth, but not as crisp.——M.L.(2/1/2008)—— 90