[SOLD-OUT] Luke Lambert Nebbiolo 2022

 

**Limited wine. Only 3 per customer**

 

"Yarra Valley Nebbiolo, handpicked, destemmed, wild yeast fermented and held on skins for 18 days with frequent plunging and foot stomping. No temperature control. Pressed into Slavonian and French oak Foudre for 18 months prior to bottling without fining or filtration.

“We’ve had excellent years before,” Luke Lambert recalls, “but in 2022, we also had excellent farming.” Lambert is referring to the Denton family’s evolving viticultural practice—which includes under-vine cultivation, the elimination of herbicides, organic principles, and almost exclusively dry-farming. Luke believes the evolution is now resulting in some of the healthiest soils in the Valley. And Denton’s progress is playing out in the glass. Luke credits the progression as producing more primary aromas and flavours early in the piece, so his wine is slower to unfurl in the glass and develop in the bottle. If any was needed, proof that excellent farming can take a great wine to a whole other level.

 

Lambert’s assertion is that the 2022 Nebbiolo is the best release he and partner Rosalind Hall have made. 2022 delivered an outstanding growing season for Nebbiolo. Long hang times and cool, moderate conditions—so critical to the ripening of Nebbiolo—paved the way for excellent flavour and tannin development. The final piece of the puzzle is this searching grower’s 20 years of sharpening his method with this fickle variety, fine-tuning practices in the vineyard and cellar, and working with a broad clonal mix to find their Nebbiolo sweet spot. And in 2022, Luke and Rosalind have nailed it." - Luke Lambert Wines

 

 

 

  Vegan-friendly  

Country:

Australia

Region:

VIC- Yarra Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Nebbiolo

Size:

750mL