Rondinella Corvina Wines

Pale red with a purple rim - like a lighter pinot noir colour. Simple cherry, cough syrup aromas with a background of vanilla. In the mouth it is sweet and mawkish, but also hard and astringent with fairly sour prominent acidity and a leanness and...

Rather under and over-ripened, lean and greenish, but also with suggestions of port and tobacco leaves. Medium in weight, with some sweet, if slightly sappy forward fruit, it becomes herbal and sour-edged towards the finish.

Delightful Italian variety with a very savoury/earthy/tarry nose and delicious, nicely textured, savoury palate.

This is a magnificent, indivdualistic red, made with Italy's Amarone wines in mind. It has deep, earthy red fruits, plums and spice all folded into the aromas; hints of savoury cocoa powder too. The palate's commanding and concentrated, full of dr...

This is the most powerful and concentrated of the three Rondinella Corvinas, providing yet more evidence of their longevity, the deliciously savoury black cherry and plum fruit flavours caught in a silky web of tannins.

Subdued, cedary aromas and a 'bitey' palate with closed fruit flavours. Will soften with more age. 5+

The 2005 edition of this Hilltops blended beauty has harmonious spiced purple-berry aromas, some earthy sweet complexity and cassis. On the palate, it's focused and juicy, with concentrated yet elegant cassis fruit presence running through on fine...

Smells of the Italian version of blackberry and cherry, very dense and carries their type of tannin.

Smells of the Italian version of blackberry and cherry, very dense and carries their type of tannin.

Interesting texture and structure; ripe red fruits, firm but ripe tannins, and relatively high acidity. The rating is given for the wine as it is, without any additional points reflecting (in diving terms) the degree of difficulty.

The two red varieties - rondinella and corvina - hail from Northern Italy's Veneto which vigneron Brian Freeman likens in climate, topography and cherry production to the Hilltops region around Young. This is a big complex and savoury blend with t...

A most impressive interpretation of amarone. This is a superb red, deeply flavoured, tightly focused and powerful, with an excellent tannin grip that runs the full length of the palate and adds great authority and presence. There is no underripe o...

Smells of the Italian version of blackberry and cherry, very dense and carries their type of tannin.

The Freeman label is a relative newcomer to Australian wine, but it's one of the most exciting. It often tastes more like a good Italian red than it does an Aussie red, with lakes of dry, savoury tannin. It is made using the rondinella and corvina...