Il Modo Anfora Rosso 2019
- 92
- $38
- Drink by: 2021 - 2025
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Winemakers Maree Collis and Ray Nadeson love the wines from the volcanic soils of Mt Etna in Sicily. The only problem is, no one grows quirky grapes like nerello mascalese and nerello cappuccio in Australia. Their solution? Blend together a host of Italian varietals and age in an amphora to mimic those fine, graphitey tannins.
The result is deep inky blueberries, pressed violets, and that salty, seaside aroma of summer days spent exploring rock pools. They nailed the tannins; they’re light and mineral and add a delicate savoury edge to flavours of Dutch salted liquorice and cherry cola.
Drink it with smoky, chargrilled eggplant topped with sugo and salted ricotta.
Nicole loves wine. So much so that she gave up a successful career in Pharmacy, perfected her spitting technique, and moved from sunny Queensland to the wine-drenched laneways of Melbourne. Stints in hospitality, wineries, retail, sales and marketing filled the next few years while Nicole built her knowledge and searched for the right path. She completed the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in 2016 and became a certified WSET Educator the following year. She now juggles a number of roles including teaching people about wine, curating wines lists for restaurants and bars, judging in Australian wine shows and, of course, writing. In 2016 she won the Negociants Working With Wine writing award and has since contributed to Gourmet Traveller WINE, Halliday Wine Companion Magazine and Nourish Magazine.
