Miners Ridge Nebbiolo 2021
$30, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Grampians.
This grows appreciably as it rests in the glass. Nebbiolo and the Grampians have not traditionally gone hand-in-hand but this release is a most interesting development. It tastes of cherries red and black, leather, mint, rust and unsweetened cola, and from start to finish it keeps you engaged. The finish is sheeted with tannin, as it should be. This is a successful nebbiolo. 90 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
