{"product_id":"little-reddie-nebbiolo-refosco-2025","title":"Little Reddie Nebbiolo Refosco 2025","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilloughby Bridge Vineyard and Chalmers Vineyard, Colbinabbin, Heathcote G.I \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first pick of the year was from Willoughby Bridge’s A Block, picked 8th of Feb. Direct pressed to Rosé with the latter part of the press fermented dry in barrel and later blended here. Followed by a later rosé pick from A-W block at Willoughby. Unusually at Chalmers, the Nebbiolo preceeded the Refosco harvets, owing to very low yields in the Nebbiolo. The macerated Nebbiolo portions in this year's wine came exclusively from the new Chalmers vineyard planting, the remnants after Pat had classified the row selection for his Pat Underwood wines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFabulous aroma, fruit and texture. Our swiss-army-knife red from Colbinabbin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eClassic plum red with quite a pale rim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeautiful deep perfume of roses, raspberry, blackberry, violet and lavender. Really magnificent perfume. The palate is engrossing and has a depth of fruit and balanced savouriness that combine really beautifully. Flavours are; parsley, mint, blood orange rind and juice, raspberry, ripe strawberry, woody\/turned earth, cacao, dark chocolate, coffee. The texture of the wine is in balance and medium-fine. Tannins lengthen the wine and combine with the acidity in a lovely way to produce a long, fine finish. Yiew! What a ripper\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eLittle Reddie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVariety\u003c\/strong\u003e - Nebbiolo, Refosco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e - Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e - Victoria\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSub Region\u003c\/strong\u003e - Heathcote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExtra\u003c\/strong\u003e - Screwcap\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e750ml\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca id=\"more_desc_btn\" href=\"#pro_more_desc\"\u003eAbout the Wine Maker \u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4211\/3208\/files\/right-arrow_480x480.jpg?v=1647847041\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"pro_more_desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003ePat Underwood has always been on our radar... Firstly as that incredibly jovial sommelier at Melbourne’s City Wine Shop (THE guy to ask what one should drink), and now as the still-incredibly-jovial winemaker of Little Reddie. Pat runs his negociant winemaking project out of Colbinabbin and Malmsbury, Victoria (he also co-founded the Boomtown Co-op, an urban-style country winery in Castlemaine, known for their gorgeous vin de soif). His first vintage was 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe strength in this tiny label is talent and exuberance of Pat himself: he's dedicated to uncovering unique vineyards in Central Victoria, whether it’s tiny dry-grown plots in Malmsbury, obscure plantings of indigenous Venetian varieties or deep red, iron rich sites planted to beautifully bloody and mineral Nebbiolo. His relationships with his growers are fierce, in part due to his charming personality, but also because he works alongside them wherever he can, sharing ethics and values on the land and in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePat’s wines are made with passionate intuition and minimal intervention across the board—not necessarily with the aim of producing 'low fi' wine he says, but to give a truer representation of the season and terroir. He thus calls it 'hi-fi'—we like it. Due to the negociant-style nature of the Little Reddie beast, the wines available change as frequently as the vintage and places from which they derive. There are some mainstays, like his NEW! Nebbiolo Refosco (a play on the French nouveau and representing an immediately digestible style of red), the luscious “Super Juice” rosé, his cheeky Pét-nat, and Pinot and Chardonnay from the Rush Brothers vineyard in Malmsbury. Added to this are his SYR (Single Year Release) projects, which are always rare and exciting things. They have recently included a bottle fermented Prosecco from Nagambie and a Shiraz carved from a small parcel off Bannockburn Vineyards’ Winery Block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little Reddie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53762624749752,"sku":"SKU-140726015157","price":34.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.vauclusecellars.com.au\/products\/little-reddie-nebbiolo-refosco-2025","provider":"Vaucluse Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}