Abbeville Nebbiolo 2025

Thrilled to be on board with the 2025 release of Abbeville after hearing very good things of recent vintages. We tasted this with Sam in July and unanimously liked it across all staff who tasted. Sam's clearly put plenty of thought into what he wants to achieve here and how he will go about it in terms of winemaking. What is most obvious initially is that he has captured the aromatics beautifully: red petal, tight red berry and a hint of mint or thyme. The palate is medium bodied with good carry of red-fruited flavours and a hint of orange zest. Tannin is importantly a hallmark of the wine: fine and slightly chalky. A bit of a bargain really, when you consider the quality of the wine and the work that has gone into it. - Ches Cook, Five Way Cellars.

Mix of 230, Mudgee and 111 clones, hand harvested, hand destemmed retaining about 70% whole berries. On skins for 11 days prior to basket pressing to a 500L Clay Tinajas (amphorae) from Moreno Leon where it sat uninterrupted for 9 months. Racked to stainless for a month prior to bottling, then 5 months in bottle before release.