Unico Zelo Pipe Dream Nero d’Avola

Unico Zelo

In the expansive oeuvre of Italian inspired wines Unico Zelo produces, they count their Pipe Dream Nero d'Avola among their best. In its homeland, this grape is the standard bearer for Sicily, capable of making boat loads of easy drinking table wine but when farmed attentively, destined for greatness. And so it can handle the dry and warm conditions of Australia with grace, maintaining a racy acidity while ripening a host of pure, primary red and blue fruits. These vines are pampered in UZ's home vineyard, Birdwood, in Adelaide Hills, where it keeps terrific structure and balance, ringing in well under fourteen degrees alcohol, shot through with an addictive raspberry and blueberry and red apple soul, elaborated with lemongrass and stony minerality nuances.
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Region:  Adelaide Hills

Country:  Australia

Appellation:  Adelaide Hills

Climate:  Moderate Mediterranean

Altitude:  380-400m

Soils:  Alluvial Quartz Clay over Limestone

Varietal/Blend:  100% Nero d'Avola

Fermentation:  7-day whole berry ferment in stainless steel.

Ageing:  After fermentation the wine is racked to old oak puncheons where it undergoes MLF and ages for eight months.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Birdwood—Unico Zelo's Estate vineyard—with vines grafted over to Nero d'Avola in 2015.

ABV:  13.7%

CSPC:  118982

Produced Cases:  404 cases

About the Producer

Brendan & Laura Carter


Adelaide Hills, Australia
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Unico Zelo Pipe Dream Nero d’Avola
Unico Zelo

Country:  Australia

Region:  Adelaide Hills

Appellation:  Adelaide Hills

In the expansive oeuvre of Italian inspired wines Unico Zelo produces, they count their Pipe Dream Nero d'Avola among their best. In its homeland, this grape is the standard bearer for Sicily, capable of making boat loads of easy drinking table wine but when farmed attentively, destined for greatness. And so it can handle the dry and warm conditions of Australia with grace, maintaining a racy acidity while ripening a host of pure, primary red and blue fruits. These vines are pampered in UZ's home vineyard, Birdwood, in Adelaide Hills, where it keeps terrific structure and balance, ringing in well under fourteen degrees alcohol, shot through with an addictive raspberry and blueberry and red apple soul, elaborated with lemongrass and stony minerality nuances.

TECHNICAL INFO

Climate:  Moderate Mediterranean

Altitude:  380-400m

Soils:  Alluvial Quartz Clay over Limestone

Varietal/Blend:  100% Nero d'Avola

Fermentation:  7-day whole berry ferment in stainless steel.

Ageing:  After fermentation the wine is racked to old oak puncheons where it undergoes MLF and ages for eight months.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Birdwood—Unico Zelo's Estate vineyard—with vines grafted over to Nero d'Avola in 2015.

ABV:  13.7%

CSPC:  118982

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