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Praeter 'Blue Note" Chinato 500ml 2021
DOZEN: $583.20 or $48.60 each
STAFF PICKS 2025 - GABRIELLE POY
With his heart in Italy and head in the Pyrenees, winemaker Matt Large flexes his wine prowess with his Blue Note Chinato. Made from fortified nebbiolo and shiraz and following a secret recipe he learned while working many vintages in the hills of Barolo. The thumbprint of Australia is left thanks to the use of shiraz and a coastal salt bush native herb.
Serve this chilled with a slice of orange at the end of your meal. It's a delicious digestive that plays on sweetness, heady spices and a tail of bitterness for balance. A perfect remedy for overindulgence. GAB
Piedmont in northern Italy is one of the planet's most blessed places. In addition to having one of the world's greatest wines, Barolo, and some of the finest food, that also devised the answer to overindulgence in both. Matt Large discovered the magical digestive properties of chinato while working vintage in Barolo. In this homage to the style, he follows tradition by fortifying and aromatising nebbiolo from Victoria's Pyrenees, and adds a little shiraz for an Australian twist. It's heady, grunty, complex and compelling. It's damn delicious. (96) NICK RYAN