Gibson Wines Discovery Road Nero d’Avola 2019

Young Nero d’Avola can be hard work with plenty of acid and tannins to burn. But here we have a bright and more supple bistro red style with good complexity that is made to please at a young age. There is good depth of colour which is followed by ripe, generous and multilayered fruits – blackberry, liquorice and jam upfront but then some of nero’s more savoury side comes out to play with earthy touches. It’s a nice counterpoint to all that ripe dark fruit. It’s then bold but supple on the palate, more mid-weight than full, and supported by toasty oak before finishing with decent length. It’s a wine built for a good time, not a long time, which it well and truly delivers.

Angus Hughson

Founder at Winepilot

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

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