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Pinot Noir 2008 Primavera Pinot Noir "With unqualified success across recent vintages (2006 - 91 pts, 2007 - 92 pts), Stefano Lubiana's deceptively complex, savoury and structured Primavera has proved a much more serious proposition than its price suggests. I find it usually requires at least an hour of decanting to show its best, which typifies the label's exceptional winemaking pedigree. Nicely perfumed and fruity, the 2008 Primavera's fragrance of ripe strawberries, cherry and sweet, fresh vanilla oak precedes a soft and supple palate bestowed with pleasing depth and brittle, powdery tannins. Marked by flavours of dark cherry and refreshing acidity; a precisely balanced, neat palate indicates this wine has the necessary components to fill out beautifully over the short term. Another outstanding Primavera from Steve Lubiana. This guy should be holding masterclasses on pinot production for the rest of Australia. Drink to 2013. 92 pts." Chris Plummer Australian Wine Journal 7 September 2009
"A deeper-coloured and more substantial wine than the previous one with quite delicious cherry, spiced plums and slightly sappy, herbal flavours adding an attractive vibrancy and juicy freshness to the palate underpinned by hints of charry oak, smooth, light to medium weight, fresh and long finishing. Lovely, easy drinking. 14.0 percent." Graeme Phillips Sunday Tasmanian 30 August 2009
2007 Primavera Pinot Noir "Stefano Lubiana (Tasmania) Primavera Pinot Noir 2007. $30. A lovely partner for the chardonnay which wears the pants in the family, not as pushy. Bit like me in our household. 8.8.10." Max Crus Food & Wine Great Expectations: Max Crus 26 September 2009 "When Steve Lubiana first planned his picturesque vineyard overlooking the tidal estuary of the Derwent River north of Hobart, pinot noir and chardonnay were the key players. This duo has now been joined by an adventurous and varied bunch of other grapes, including merlot, sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio, riesling and nebbiolo. For all that, pinot noir remains the star player at this small Tasmanian winery. This is a drink-now pinot noir with bright full flavours, medium body and best of all a dry finish - when so many self-declared "dry" wines are anything but." Joelle Thomson Mindfood 11 December 2008 "Fresh, delightfully fruity, this delicious early-drinking pinot has a floral perfume of dark cherries, ripe raspberries, rhubarb and blackberries over spicy nuances of cinnamon and cloves. Long, luscious and evenly ripened, its supple and pliant palate of vibrant dark cherries, berries and restrained, sweet oak is underpinned by a fine, but genuine structure of silky tannin." Jeremy Oliver The Australian Wine Annual 2009 Three Stars "The Lubiana brand is one of the most respected in Tasmania and his dry table wines and sparkling produced from pinot noir and chardonnay are invariably worth a thorough sampling. The Primavera pinot is a fine example of minimalist winemaking whereby the youthful cherry and red berry fruit aromas and flavours have been well captured and preserved with perhaps just a little oak influence and light tannin. Simplicity rather than complexity can so often be so delightful. **** 1/2 Paddy Kendler The Herald Sun 4 November 2008
2006 Estate Pinot Noir "Positive, deep colour, fragrant plum aromas lead into a generously proportioned palate, which also has excellent balance and fine supporting tannins; the oak is well integrated and balanced. Cork. 13.5% alc. Rating 95. To 2014. $53. James Halliday Australian Wine Companion "Smells ripe yet tangy and woodsy: there's intense raspberry and a touch of fudge, too. Really juicy and tangy in the mouth. Has exactly the right amount of tannin grip for the fruit and finishes with a hint of dried orange peel. Class pinot. 94/100, $57." Tim White The Australian Financial Review 20-22 March 2009 "A superb, substantial pinot that delivers its complex, rather brooding and meaty expression of dark plums and cherries, tightly integrated oak and dusty spices with elegance and finesse. It's luscious and unctuous, with richness and substance of sweet fruit, but retains a deft sappiness, suppleness and silkiness. Long and savoury with an underlying hint of dried herbs, it's something of a benchmark." Jeremy Oliver The Australian Wine Annual 2009 Four Stars "Tasmania had yet another excellent pinot noir vintage in 2006, mirrored in Stefano Lubiana's Estate Pinot Noir ($53) with its deep colour, fragrant plum aromas and generously proportioned palate, the oak perfectly integrated and balanced." James Halliday The Australian 13 December 2008 "Most of Lubiana's PN vines celebrated their tenth birthday this vintage. This is a beautifully balanced wine with cherries, plums, layers of Christmas spice and dark chocolate oak. The fruit swells up in the core and streams out long with finely structured tannins on the finish. - 93 points" Tyson Stelzer Australian Wine Business Magazine November 2008 ".....Here I offer you their 2006 Estate Pinot Noir. Deep purple in colour with inviting pink hues around the edge, the nose offers plenty of red berry fruits together with spicy notes while the palate is firm and intense with blackcurrant and raspberry notes and plumy flavours. This wine has both body and structure with nicely rounded tannins on a firm, clean acid finish, and they don't come much better than this - top quality pinot at its best." Jim McMahon Club Life November 2008 2005 Sasso "Colour development obvious; aromatic spicy foresty bouquet; has outstanding length; with complex sous bois dark fruits and superfine but persistent tannins. Rating 95. To 2013. $87.90" James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2009 Five Glasses "Lubiana's top pinot, his pick of the bunch from a top vintage. Deceptively pale colour but a headily perfumed nose and powerful, macerated plums and fabulous earthy, truffley nuances on a wonderfully rich, smooth and tightly packed palate, the flavours filling and dancing in the mouth for ages. Bottled decadence. 13.5 per cent" Graeme Phillips The Sunday Tasmanian 24 February 2008. "An ultra-premium" pinot from the state's south, this has depth, complexity and flavours through black cherry, brambles, animal hide and root vegetables. Shows the quality of its vintage. Rating: 93." Ken Garget The Courier Mail 15 March 2008. 2005 Estate Pinot Noir "A relatively quiet bouquet, but springs into life on the spicy palate, both intense and very long; excellent acidity on the finish. Diam. 13.5 alcohol. Rating 95. To 2012. $52" James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2009 Five Glasses “Tasmania is still finding its feet as a winemaking state, but Stefano Lubiana is already well established. The ’05 Pinot is full of velvety soft tannins, and forest berry fruits. There’s more than a little gamey complexity and it continued to improve, a sign of its quality and cellaring potential. One of the best Aussie Pinots I’ve tried.” Fergus McGhie The Canberra Times 14 March 2007. 2004 Estate Pinot Noir Over the last few months our 2004 Estate Pinot has been receiving some fantastic reviews including a rating from Jancis Robinson from the UK. Jancis is one of the world most respected and influential wine critics. In August this year she tasted 55 Pinot Noirs from Australia in which 2004 Stefano Lubiana’s Estate was rated in the Top 10. One other Tasmanian Pinot made the Top 10 while another 8 made it to the top 55. “From the south, the most Burgundian in style from this bunch. Offers complex truffley notes, spice and game. Exhibits impressive length. A serious pinot noir by any standards. Rating: 93.” Ken Gargett The Courier Mail 24 February 2007
OnWine “Stefano Lubiana Tasmania Estate Pinot Noir 2004 ($42) screwcap: A very fine pinot from Lubiana. Sappy, stemmy, perfumed, musky, violetty, cherried -
full of lovely flavours and scents, but
the really impressive thing is its fine,
tight structure and the silkiness of its mid-palate. Nice, minerally length too. The Wine Front 2005 'Primavera'
Pinot Noir
“Steve Lubiana produces two pinot noirs – this floral, abundantly fruity, aptly named Primavera and the more structured, Burgundian Estate Pinot Noir. I’ve not tasted the 2005 vintage of the latter, but it’ll be impressive judging by the power of fruit in Primavera. Steve writes that “2005 was one of the best – if not the best, Tasmanian pinot noir vintages ever”. What this means for the drinker is a wine offering pure ripe-berry aroma and plush, even Beaujolais-like, juicy varietal fruit flavour. But there’s tannin providing structure to all this fruit and a few years in bottle should see a shift from primary fruit to more savoury secondary characters.” 24 September 2006
The Mercury Taste 1 November 2006 2004 ‘Primavera’ Pinot Noir Youthful purple-red colour, attractive aromatics with lovely dark cherries and The Mercury 24 August 2005 2003 ‘Primavera’ ‘Pinot Noir
Rating 90Medium purple-red; clean, dark plum and spice aromas joined by a hint of mocha on the palate; firm acidity; deserves time. James Halliday 2006 Australian Wine Companion (Collins, Australia 2005) 2002 Estate Pinot Noir
“The product of a ripe but very low-yielding year with, Lubiana says, lots of very The Mercury 29 September 2004 2002 Estate Pinot Noir
“ Since he deserted the family grapeyards in the Riverland this dude’s kicked big The Adelaide Advertiser 6 October 2004 |
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