Longview Vineyard The Piece Shiraz 2018
I’ve seen a handful of vintages of The Piece and it’s never quite come together for me before but the warm and dry 2018 vintage
I’ve seen a handful of vintages of The Piece and it’s never quite come together for me before but the warm and dry 2018 vintage
You have got to feel sorry for anyone that takes on nebbiolo. This is not an easy grape and is tough work in the vineyard
There can be danger having a crack at making rosé from Nebbiolo. It’s a notoriously hard grape variety to get right and often the resulting
You say tomayto, I say tomahto… You say rosé, I say rosato, let’s call the whole thing off! We’ve all just started to get the
From three vineyards across the Barolo commune. A most familiar approach with pale colour yet fabulous dark red rose fragrance. Herbs too, forest smells, even
The first glimpses of mahogany appear at this stage, suggesting an initial step to revealing its future extraordinary complexities. Again, like its sibling wines, we
From the small and prized Roero district, which may have a reputation for less muscle that Barolo or Barbaresco but definitely not here. You can
Barolo at the height of its powers. Rose and orange citrus zest, cherry liqueur and all the smells of an Indian spice shop, fenugreek, cardamom
Young and yet to reveal its full personality. Very compact – some will say closed. Still there is briar, tobacco, the smell of bushland underneath
A wine that is all about the berries, blue berries that is. Even down to the hue in the glass – a blue tinge – that
As easy on the senses that you could ever imagine a Nebbiolo can be. Fragrant and juicy, cherry (almost liqueur notes) with peppery and earthy
A single block selection that begins with familiar local signatures of woodsmoke and roses, though here with an extra element of what one imagines is
The estate’s multiple block blend from the prized Martinenga vineyard, one step darker in colour than the Langhe, towards garnet. The fragrance here is all
For what stands as a first step into the di Gresy set of Barbaresco wines, this is quite a statement of class and style. Ruby
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