Mitolo Perduto Pecorino 2023
- 94
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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The Pecorino grape is on the rise in Australia, convincingly so. Mitolo understands it well, highlighting not only its attractive textural qualities, but introducing a touch of savouriness. The result is a complex wine, singularly expressive and individual. Dusty, citrus aromas mix enticingly with white peach, apple and lifted honeysuckle floral notes. That is the basis for a wine that goes on to explore in greater depth a range of tastes that includes quince, preserved lemon and an almond mealiness and nuttiness throughout, all set against a creamy background. Both complex and refreshing. An exciting addition to the McLaren Vale wine scene.
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.
