Podere ai Valloni Sass Russ 2020
- 96
- $49
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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From one of the oldest wineries in Boca, Alto Piemonte. Certified organic, it’s a blend of 70% Spanna (Nebbiolo), 30% Vespolina. Graceful start with a certain Burgundian (from cool climate/vintage) feel to it. Alcohol is only 12.5%. Polished cranberries, wild strawberries, raspberries, a whiff of nutmeg. The terroir here is whispering in my ears, yet I can clearly hear what it is saying with a well-integrated ferruginous note coming from the volcanic soil. Fine grained tannins caress the palate alongside a lively, yet aristocratic acidity. The terroir keeps talking on the palate, with a balsamic accent of resin this time. A moreish, elegant, pure, long-lasting Alto Piemonte wine that would put to shame many a Barolo or Barbaresco.
Importer: Ethereal Wine
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.
