Tavernello is Italy?s number one wine brand and incorporates 27 co-operative wineries, 12000 wine growers, over 32000 hectares of vineyards (that?s 85% of the total area of NZ?s wine production!) and a whopping 9% of Italy?s total wine production.
This wine is a cheeky little number from Sicily and it?s actually 80% Syrah with 15% of Nero d?Avola ? a grape native to this island off the Italian mainland. Fragrant and supple, this wine offers violet, plum, dark berry and pepper spice flavours with an appealing core of subtle fruit sweetness that balances a backbone of ripe and slightly rustic tannins.