Brash Higgins NDV Nero d’Avola 2023 is a benchmark amphora-aged natural wine from McLaren Vale’s Omensetter Vineyard, organically farmed and Australia’s original Nero d’Avola planting. The wet 2023 season produced low yields and fresh acidity, with fruit hand-picked in early March after a favorable warm February. The wine is wild fermented and aged for six months on skins in locally made, beeswax-lined terracotta amphorae, showcasing pure expression. It has a deep crimson hue, richly aromatic with notes of mezcal, black cherry, tomato, Indian spices, stem ginger, and a distinctive orange peel complexity. The palate offers pomegranate, dark raspberry, and morello cherry flavors, balanced with refreshing sweet-sour acidity, fine tannins, savory grip, and mouthwatering length. This textured, compelling Nero d’Avola is highly praised and ideal for fans of adventurous, amphora-aged reds.