GEMTREE LUNA CRESCENTE FIANO 2025

Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"Luna Crescente means crescent moon in Italian. For biodynamic farmers the waning crescent moon is a time for us to down tools, relax and let the vineyard rest. We think Luna Crescente Fiano is the perfect wine to savour while you take a bit of time out.

Originally from Campania in southern Italy, Fiano is a grape variety that thrives in McLaren Vale’s Mediterranean-like climate and coastal proximity. It’s a far more sustainable variety for us to grow, requires less water and inputs, and easily handles the growing season sunshine. Fresh, vibrant and food friendly, this Fiano is your go-to wine for long lunches and warm afternoons.

Our Luna Crescente Fiano is lively and refreshing with lifted citrus aromas of lemon zest and lime juice, and complex notes of chamomile, nutmeg, fennel and sweet custard. The palate is fruit forward with a juicy mouthfeel. Flavours of pear flesh, fresh apple and lemon fill the palate, while crisp acidity and fine tannins provide interest and length. Luna Crescente is true to the origins of the variety with subtle complexity and minerality making this wine suitable for a wide range of cuisines and occasions."

5 Stars & Top 10 Cuisine Other Whites Tasting, April 2026 (2024 Vintage)
"Lovely yellow fruit and floral aromas, smelling warm and appealingly sunkissed on the nose. The palate has lovely weight and texture with stone fruit and citrus with just a hint of pepper for intrigue. Perfect summer drinking."

92/100 Marcus Ellis, James Halliday's Wine Companion (2024 Vintage)
"Mainly tank with 24% across oak, concrete and amphora with a tiny fraction of skin contact. Like the rose in the same range of the Gemtree stable, this confidently walks a line between offering flavourful generosity and vivid freshness without straying too much either way. Lisbon lemon, cider apple, green pear, tomatillo and faint orchard blossoms. There's an appealing savouriness that elevates this, keeping its fruitfulness while never feeling fruity. Acidity feels natural, settled, with a whisper of citrus pith grip a pleasing foil."

91/100 QWineReviews.com (2024 Vintage)
"The Fiano market in McLaren Vale has been a very popular place in recent years and this release part of the new Foundation Collection of wines from Gemtree shows that it can mix it with the old firm too. Respect!

From certified organic and biodynamic vineyards, pears, white fleshed stonefruit and flickers of poached green apple are the order of the day. A whisper of honey chimes in as does some cut herbs that lurk on the edge but they don't overplay their hand. It's a wine with great length and feel offering a fine spice tickle that has the last word before the crisp acidity cuts in. An easy go-to entertainer. Tick!"