Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown Thorley Nebbiolo 2021
- 95
- $58
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Quality maraschino cherry, gentle spice, a burst of fresh red rose. Incredibly high-toned and perfumed purity straight off. There’s a deeper side aching to come out and I can see this is going places. It reminds me of a quality Alto Piemonte Nebbiolo. Red plum pops out, some mint and cranberry, liquorice root and a hint of roasted tomato umami. The palate is bright and buoyant with lovely red fruited pop and bounce mirroring the nose and driven by bright red cherry and red florals that flesh out with air. It’s lithe but intense. Just when you’re enamoured by this wine’s delicacy and finesse, there’s an assertion of silty tannins commanding attention. It finishes fine with piquant acid the vehicle for a bright red fruited finish. A brilliant and complex, alpine styled Nebbiolo.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
