Pipan Steel Clone VII Nebbiolo 2021
- 97
- $59
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This wine blew my socks off. How far we have come with Nebbiolo in Australia! An interesting mix of Campari-like amaro herbs, cinnamon and clove, macerated cherries and cranberries, macerated roses and violets, seaweed, tar, autumn pudding and aromatic cooking herbs such as dried thyme and rosemary. A sweet and savoury duality, with an umami edge cutting through. Concentrated and granular, the tannins help deliver a compelling example of Nebbiolo, with a discerning balance between all the elements and a great sense of structure. It has a long life ahead, and I love the savouriness, old-world style and persistence.
Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
