Pipan Steel Tesoro Nebbiolo 2021
- 95
- $69
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Very tight, this is clearly built for the long haul. There is a well-calibrated balance, an elegant, mineral-laden framework, and an alluring, high-quality fruit component that is neither dry nor overtly fresh, but rather frozen in the moment. Porcini mushroom, truffle-like and forest-floor aromas follow, signalling development that has not stopped, yet remarkably, the fruit evolution appears to have paused for the time being. The hallmark acidity is once again on full display, but here it is beautifully integrated with the fruity and savoury qualities. This is a wine that reveals much through its core, with a noticeable structure built on alcohol and fine-grained tannins, before quietly regrouping at the back of the palate.
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.
