2015 Pipan Steel III Nebbiolo

92 Points – Campbell Mattinson, “Depth and carry. Tangy style but leather and black cherry flavours come flecked with fennel. Beautifully balanced wine. Layers of tobacco. Refreshing acidity and the fruit to carry it. Truly varietal but no doubt reflective of site.”

About Pipan Steel - Pipan Steel wines is owned by Paula Pipan, winemaker and Radley Steel, Vineyard Manager. After sampling the complexity and delicacy of Barolos from Piedmont, Italy, they were hooked on the mission to make their own.

For years they searched the length and breadth of Australia for the right hillside, at the right elevation, with the right soil. And they found it at Mudgegonga, three and a half hours north of Melbourne, nestled in the foothills of the Australian Alps. Nebbiolo is the only grape grown in this tiny vineyard. Like the Nebbiolo vineyards of Barolo, their vineyard sits at 400m above sea level, and is bathed in "nebbia" (fog) every winter. Three Nebbiolo clones sourced from Gruppo Matura in Italy (Mat 7, Mat 9 & Mat 10) are planted in east-west oriented vineyard rows down the hillside, which drops from 410m to 390m in elevation on a sun-bathed northeast-facing slope.