Ischia, Napoli

Cantina Antonio Mazzella

Vigna del Lume Biancolella 2022

What an astonishing wine!
A fresh, enticing nose - white flowers, underripe peach, a bit of green mirabelle plums and, in the backdrop, amazing limestone minerality, crushed seashells, saline notes. Amazing purity here. Very Chablis’esque.
Beautiful mouthfeel with great depth & precision. Juicy, fresh, with white peach and lemony acidity. Incredible length and presence - this just goes on forever - salty, juicy, fresh & pure.
This the very first serious white from central Italy I’ve ever had. Wow!
— a month ago

John, Daniel and 1 other liked this

La Sibilla

Cruna De Lago Campi Flegrei Falanghina 2022

Interesting! Lots of folks don’t like this, but it has plenty of minerals with sharp citrus and a hint of flowers. Yum. — 2 months ago

Villa Dora

Gelsonero Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio 2019

Villa Dora Gelsonero - Lacryma Christi Vesuvio
2019
— 6 months ago

Mike Bodan
with Mike

Cenatiempo

Lefkos Ischia Superiore

Light, fragrant, delicious! (Ischia) — 16 days ago

Cantine Astroni

Colle Rotondella Campi Flegrei Piedirosso

Crisp local wine with mineral — 4 months ago

Cenatiempo

Kalimera Ischia Biancolella 2021

Very intense white, with concentrated flavors and acidity. Mediterranean salt, minerals, citrus peel. From a tiny island off the coast of Napoli. Great stuff, but definitely a food wine (13% abv). With tonight’s dinner of Italian eggplant shakshouka and sweet potatoes in sesame tahini butter. Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids for dessert.

Update: had my last bottle with roasted butternut squash in couscous salad, and it was a little too harsh, even with food. Bumping my rating down a bit.
— 9 months ago

Ira, Severn and 6 others liked this

Mazzella

Ischia Biancolella 2023

Aromatic and lively. Phenolic yet salty. Nice. — 19 days ago

Contrada Salandra

Campi Flegrei DOP Falanghina 2020

Peach, pear and herbs — 2 months ago

Anne Miller
with Anne
Mike and Jason liked this

Casa D'Ambra

Ischia Bianco

Gorgeous bottle, perfect for a romantic NYC picnic amongst cherry blossoms! Light, floral, easy to drink a lot of. I’m writing this review after drinking from what I remember (it made an impression) - will be buying again and leaving more detailed tasting notes. — 5 months ago