Cloud Cuckoo Land Nero d’Avola Montepulciano Aglianico

“If we’d said that we wanted to make high quality, low intervention wines made from Mediterranean varieties in the Riverland, Cloud Cuckoo land is exactly where people would have said that we lived! But, we believe that anything is possible if you don’t see the obstacles” – Giles Cooke & Fergal Tynan, Masters of Wine

A deliciously different Italian red blend made in south Australia with the skill of two UK Masters of Wine.

A blend of Nero d’Avola (47%), Montepulciano (22%), Aglianico (17%) and Grenache (14%) – the wine really is as interesting and fun to drink as it looks and sounds!

90/100 (Huon Hooke, The Real Review)
“Full-bodied and firm with lashings of tannins that dry the finish and add to length. A wine with a bright future.”

90/100 (James Halliday’s Wine Companion)
“A righteous blend of sturdy Italianates serving up just enough fruit, structure and savouriness in a mid-weighted guise. With that, an innate desire to drink a second glass.”

90/100 (Gary Walsh, The Wine Front)
“‘It’s fresh and a little spicy, with a kind of a port wine jelly thing going on.”

The blend of varieties is a bit left field but it really works! A deliciously succulent, soft, spicy, a little bit smoky, mouth watering red. Go on, branch out, try something different and head to Cloud Cuckoo land!