O’Leary Walker Nero d’Avola 2019

I’ll be honest – very difficult to find anything out about this wine, so we are going with what was in the bottle, nothing more. And that is more than enough. Nero d’Avola is an emerging Italian variety, slowly gaining a foothold here. On the evidence of this wine, it promises to become much more than a niche curiosity. We have the grape’s deep, dark colour and the nose is rich and hearty, with sour cherry and tomato bush notes, black fruits and earthy characters. There is a hint of bitter almond and lots of black cherry characters on the palate, oodles of flavour and good length. Plenty of concentration on the palate, this should easily handle 4 to 6 years. It is one of the better local examples of this variety I have encountered.