The estate's 2010 Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco is one of the more overt whites in this lineup. Minerality takes a back seat to an intense expression of peaches and yellow stone fruits. I find less excitement here than in the estate's finest 2010 whites. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2014.
Mastroberardino is one of Italy's most historic properties. My vertical tasting of the estate's Taurasi (published in Issue 190), with vintages back to 1928, was a revelation.
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