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Wine Review - Parish Hill Wines 2003 Nebbiolo - Buy Australian Wine Online

Hello!
Today I'm reviewing a snazzy little drop from the Adelaide Hills. It's a 2003 Nebbiolo from Parish Hill Wines and the Italian grapes have given it a fresh, sharp texture and bouquet. Here's what the makers say:

The King of Wines and the Wine of Kings from northwest Italy. Our Nebbiolo is a bold red colour with fine mouth filling tannins and long lasting flavours of chocolate cherry liquor, plum and liquorice enhanced by and aroma of rose petals. Our vineyard is in the premium Piccadilly Valley region of Adelaide Hills. The vines are hand pruned, grapes hand picked, and the wine hand made on site by us. The screw top bottle eliminates cork taint and bottle variation. We hope you enjoy our wine in moderation.

Proprietors - Andrew Cottell and Joy Carlisle.

Available by mail order only.

What a fine description, and I agree. The rose petal aromas kick start a freshness that begins in the nose and follows quickly with a sparkly zing that flows around the mouth.

Note that you can only get this by mail order, or from our Boutique Wineries web site. A rare grape that is even rarer to buy!

Typically a young wine made from the nebbiolo is very tannic with complex aromas of tar and roses and needs a few years to soften. This one I tried has 4 years on it, and it has taken on the characteristic brick-orange hue at the rim of the glass and matured well to reveal complex aromas and flavours of fruits, flowers and some spices. This is quite a unique and thrilling wine. With even more age the flavours become even more wonderful.

Parish Hill produce premium Australian wines from Italian vines grown in there vineyard at Uraidla in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. They are licensed to crush 15 tonnes of grapes each vintage, so have only small quantities of each of their unique Italian style wines. All wines have screw caps for longer freshness.

I thoroughly recommend this snazzy number.

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Warm regards,

Jeremiah Josey

The Nebbiolo: a refreshing Italian wine!