In the glass: Dark purple fading at the rim.
On the nose: Italian Nebbiolo it’s not. However it’s not trying to be. The first sip and the tannins showed a pure Nebbiolo grape flavour. Lighter in the mouth than I was expecting. I found the tannins to show a softness and refinement that offered just a hint of oak. Something that set this wine apart from many Australian Nebbiolo wines was the quality of fruit and the wine making added to the fact Nebbiolo would seem quite suited to this Gippsland soil.
There was good fruit flavour of raspberries, I found the wine medium bodied with brown Gippsland soil on the nose and hints of Gippsland on the long dry finish.
I was given a cellar period of 5 years before drinking and up to 10 years as this wine will continue to develop in the bottle.
Michael Lillis
