Marco Lubiana Pinot Noir 2023
This Pinot Noir is difficult to pigeon whole because it is elegant, textural, concentrated and powerful all in one. A generosity of concentrated red cherry and blue berry fruits greet you on entry and then reveals a silky texture through the mid palate, with subtle granite, wild undergrowth and mushroom characters, mildly spiced oak, violet flowers and a hint of blood orange. This wine is going to live a long life as well, as an underlying power of firmly grained tannins and a balanced level of acidity creates some freshness, resulting in impeccable structure. It will easily keep developing over the next decade and well suited to pair with Crispy Duck Pancakes or Lamb Shanks with red wine and Rosemary.
Region: Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Budburst Rating: #fantasticwine 96pts
Last tasted by Joe 4/8/2
This Pinot Noir is difficult to pigeon whole because it is elegant, textural, concentrated and powerful all in one. A generosity of concentrated red cherry and blue berry fruits greet you on entry and then reveals a silky texture through the mid palate, with subtle granite, wild undergrowth and mushroom characters, mildly spiced oak, violet flowers and a hint of blood orange. This wine is going to live a long life as well, as an underlying power of firmly grained tannins and a balanced level of acidity creates some freshness, resulting in impeccable structure. It will easily keep developing over the next decade and well suited to pair with Crispy Duck Pancakes or Lamb Shanks with red wine and Rosemary.
Region: Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Budburst Rating: #fantasticwine 96pts
Last tasted by Joe 4/8/2
This Pinot Noir is difficult to pigeon whole because it is elegant, textural, concentrated and powerful all in one. A generosity of concentrated red cherry and blue berry fruits greet you on entry and then reveals a silky texture through the mid palate, with subtle granite, wild undergrowth and mushroom characters, mildly spiced oak, violet flowers and a hint of blood orange. This wine is going to live a long life as well, as an underlying power of firmly grained tannins and a balanced level of acidity creates some freshness, resulting in impeccable structure. It will easily keep developing over the next decade and well suited to pair with Crispy Duck Pancakes or Lamb Shanks with red wine and Rosemary.
Region: Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Budburst Rating: #fantasticwine 96pts
Last tasted by Joe 4/8/2
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.
