The Traviarti project has always been about winemaker Simon Grant’s obsession with Nebbiolo.

He picked his site specifically with this variety in mind, a small plot of land high above the Beechworth township. Now the fruits of his labour are finally being bared.

This is an exquisite example of Australian Nebbiolo. The wine is made in two parts: the first is a batch of fruit which is richer, darker and more structural – this provides the base notes of the wine. The second is a much prettier, more fragrant batch which shows all the wonderful rosy aromatics and sensual mid-palate that the variety is famous for.

This is the second release from Simon. He couldn’t be more thrilled. It’s a great thing when a life-long dream is finally realised. That’s what you’re seeing in this wine. Enjoy.

94 points
“I said this of the 2021 and Ill say it of this 2023: dont hesitate, just buy it. This is such a wonderful wine to drink. It tastes of licorice, tonic, fragrant herbs, honeyed tobacco and roasted nuts, but its the interplay between its satiny softness and its determined dryness that both impresses, and makes you want to dive so keenly in for more. This is one of those wines where its effectively impossible to see the joins. It smells of sweet pastries and florals and it dives into darker realms from there. Boy. $35? Its fantastic buying.” – Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)