Iggy Rebula 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Iggy Rebula 2023
$45, 13% alcohol, DIAM cork, Adelaide Hills.

Igor ‘Iggy’ Kucic is from Slovenia and so too is the (white) grape variety Rebula. It’s no surprise then that when this variety first became available in Australia that Iggy was desperate to get his hands on it. Given that production of this 2023 release was a miniscule 583 bottles, he clearly doesn’t have many vines to play with. But what he has produced from these vines is an absolute delight. This wine is honeyed and salty, dry and savoury, with apricot and lychee fruit flavours fleshing out the palate. It’s bright and breezy in part, but it’s also complex and nutty. The texture of this wine doesn’t go unnoticed either; it gives the wine an extra, gently-luxurious dimension. This wine isn’t just different; it’s good. 93 points.

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This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

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