Pipan Steel Tesoro 2018
- 95
- $60
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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Paula Pipan makes some of the finest examples of Australian Nebbiolo in the Alpine Valleys. And I’m heartened to see how far Nebbiolo has gone since I’ve moved from Italy to Australia in 2010. Anise seeds, bitter orange, tar, macerated rose petals, wild red berries, terracotta, black liquorice, mountains herbs. This “treasure” (Tesoro) of Nebbiolo, is a blend of the clones X, IX and VII, the amount of each changes every year. Paula here blends (and prefers to talk about) distinguished clones rather that single blocks. Savoury, firm tannins. Under her guidance however those tannins are never harsh, rather well integrated thanks to the longer time on skins, six weeks in total. A sweet and sour edge, and a rather conservative mid palate, leaves space to a persistent, ethereal and tonic finish with a touch of anise seeds and cardamom. Makes you salivate for a Risotto al Tartufo or/and a Brasato (braised beef). I’m seriously hungry now.
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.
