Truffle Hound (Red)

Unico Zelo

Affectionately known as ‘Truffle Hound’, this gorgeous Piemontese inspired blend is Unico Zelo’s early-released, approachable, more jovial expression of Barbera & Nebbiolo. In this wine they’ve aimed to retain higher aromatics while preserving the herbal savouriness of these varieties for an amaro-like wine that refreshes with complexity—something like a red wine’s response to a Milanese spritz.

On the nose, crushed cherrys, dried cherries, tart cherries, tomato paste, and savoury eucalyptus. On the palate, terrific structure, darker profiled than on the nose with black cherry, a bit of cocoa, dried blueberry, and a hint of mushroom beginning to show (true to its nom de plume!). The finish is amaro like with cardamom and liquorice and thyme and rosemary and more of that delicious mushroomy note, true to form. Beautiful at cellar temperature and lovely too with a chill.