Mezzacorona Castel Firmian Pinot Nero 2022
- 90
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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When you see Pinot Nero on an Italian wine label, think Pinot Noir. Same, same. The cool Trentino area brings out the grape’s tannic energy which makes this wine a particularly good accompaniment to food, I’m thinking charcuterie platter. Undergrowth, earth and savoury salami notes mix with red berry aromas. A striking introduction to a dark fruited, woodsy spiced, savoury influenced, well-structured young Pinot. The palate is an engaging mix of cranberry, red cherry, redcurrant, tomato leafiness and background dried herbs. Sinewy tannins bring extra focus and chew. It’s firm, which is why that charcuterie platter is looking pretty attractive.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
