Marco Lubiana Chardonnay 2023
On entry your treated to a generous and concentrated fruit component of red peaches and nectarines. Weight is maintained through the mid palate with a complex combination of toasted oak, kumquats, jasmine flowers, almonds and minerals. Theres plenty of body and texture with the finish displaying a lingering spicy, citrus note with some phenolics that should see this wine continue to develop in the cellar over the next 5 -8 years. Match with hearty chicken dishes or Lobster.
Region: Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Rating: #excellentwine 94pts
Last tasted by Joe, 9/8/24
On entry your treated to a generous and concentrated fruit component of red peaches and nectarines. Weight is maintained through the mid palate with a complex combination of toasted oak, kumquats, jasmine flowers, almonds and minerals. Theres plenty of body and texture with the finish displaying a lingering spicy, citrus note with some phenolics that should see this wine continue to develop in the cellar over the next 5 -8 years. Match with hearty chicken dishes or Lobster.
Region: Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Rating: #excellentwine 94pts
Last tasted by Joe, 9/8/24
On entry your treated to a generous and concentrated fruit component of red peaches and nectarines. Weight is maintained through the mid palate with a complex combination of toasted oak, kumquats, jasmine flowers, almonds and minerals. Theres plenty of body and texture with the finish displaying a lingering spicy, citrus note with some phenolics that should see this wine continue to develop in the cellar over the next 5 -8 years. Match with hearty chicken dishes or Lobster.
Region: Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Rating: #excellentwine 94pts
Last tasted by Joe, 9/8/24
About Marco Lubiana Wines
The Lubiana family have been making wine in Italy since the late 1800’s in the northwest of Italy (today Croatia) , Andrea Lubiana left his family vineyard in Istria and moved his winemaking life from Northern Italy to South Australia for a new life after World War Two. In South Australia Andrea’s winemaking continued and was taken over by his son Mario Lubiana. Steve Lubiana was the next winemaker to continue the legacy and moved to Tasmania in 1990 to produce fine wines from cool climate varietals. After finishing high school, Marco undertook a bachelor of Oenology and Viticulture at the University of Adelaide and graduated in 2018, during his time in Adelaide he worked for East End Cellars for two years where he fine tuned his palate to quality fine wines of France and Italy thanks to Michael Andrewartha and the team. Finishing university, a strong interest in Burgundy, Marco did an internship in Cote d’Or for the 2019 vintage. It was an invaluable experience and just when he planned another European vintage in 2020, covid-19 made this impossible, and so he honed his skills at his parents winery in Granton, which gave birth to Marco Lubiana Wines, making Pinot Noir and Chardonnay each year.
