I like the Tellurian wines. Promising organic releases with diversity of style and intensity of flavour. This Nero fits the bill too – all varietal purple blackberry fruit, the palate bright and jubey, missing only a little complexity to be sublime. Good honest flavour though and the quality and persistence sneaks up on you too. I like.
Best drinking: now to seven plus years. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14.4%, $28. Would I buy it? Worth a glass or two.
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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