Vinea Marson Nebbiolo 2006
Heathcote, Victoria, Australia. Nebbiolo. 13.5%. Diam. Approx $A45.
This is a beautifully packaged wine. The label is simple but elegant, the serif typeface is curious and effective, and importantly, the foil is short enough to reveal, to the consumer, a taint free seal (Diam).
Beyond the superficialities, this is also the most impressive Australian Nebbiolo I've tried. It's pinot noir like in its prettiness, perfume and emphasis, whilst still being un-repentantly tannic and sour in the mouth. Scented with rose petal, sour cherry and chocolate orange, this is expressive, inviting and fresh. Lovely and varietal in the mouth, brisk and assertive, before a spray of fine, firm and drying tannins. Well poised and sensible in its proportions, this is very satisfying.
Very good - excellent.
94.
Now - 2013.
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7 comments:
I would need context to enjoy something like this - a blinded tete-a-tete with a Piemontese nebbiolo. Hard to believe it is drinking so well at the age of two.
Joe,
A taste off with several bottles of Barolo sounds like the best way to calibrate and resolve the relative merits of this. I think this would do very well. . .
Sounds good, Edward. And there's plenty of precedent for early drinking Nebbiolo, guys. I expect the proper peer would be Langhe Nebbiolo rather than Barolo or Barbaresco.
On another note, since when does a 750 ml bottle of wine hold "8.0 standard drinks"? And what exactly is "Preservative 220"?
Ok, I know, it's sulfur dioxide. So why not just call it what it is? Is this a new trend in Aussie wine labeling, Edward?
David,
I assumed preservative 220 was a world wide ploy! In Australia all additives are given numbers - to make it impossible to know what is added:)
There is also a notion of a standard drink (based on the volume of ethanol - I think 10mls of pure ethanol counts as 1 standard drink) which seems to be mentioned on each and every bottle on sale in Australia.
Cheers,
Hi David - wouldn't touch a Gaja "Langhe" this young ;) In addition to the generic Langhe, perhaps some Nebbiolo D'Alba would work as well? It would make a lot of sense to blind the Langhe, Nebbiolo d'Alba and this Aussie Nebbiolo (price tag included).
Ed - I always worked on the "five glasses per bottle" - is this some sort of Aussie regulation?
Joe,
I always knew you were a generous guy:)
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