Pecorino wine in Australia

Pecorino is a white wine variety, originally from the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is now used by a few Australian winemakers.

The name derives from the Italian word for sheep, hence it shares its name with a popular ewe's milk cheese. 

Pecorino the wine variety has its home in the Marche region of Italy and was not appreciated by most of the wine world until recently.  Now it has become more popular and is now attracting the attention of a growing number of growers, producers and consumers in Australia.

Pecorino wines are often crisp and dry with pronounced herbal aromatics.  Occasionally it is used in blends, but it is more often used as a straight varietal.

As there are only a few Australian producers it is included in the Rare Ozzies book. 

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Australian Producers of Pecorino

There are just a few producers this variety so far but the quality of the wines being produced is such that there is sure to me more in the near future.

Pecorino at Primo Estate in the McLaren Vale Region

• Amadio Adelaide Hills
• Bassham Wines Riverland
• Beresford Estate McLaren Vale
• Bike and Barrel Alpine Valleys
• Billy Button Alpine Valleys
• Brycefield Estate Hunter Valley
• Chalmers Heathcote
• David Hook Wines Hunter Valley
• De Iuliis Hunter Valley
• Fox Creek Wines McLaren Vale
• Jamsheed Yarra Valley
• Lake Breeze Langhorne Creek
• Matriarch and Rogue Clare Valley
• Mitolo McLaren Vale
• Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills
• Primo Estate McLaren Vale
• Sirromet Granite Belt
• The Little Wine Company Hunter Valley
• Zonzo Yarra Valley

At the 2024 Alternative Varieties Wine Show six Pecorino wines were judged. Chalmers won a Gold Medal for their 2023 Pecorino from Heathcote. Two bronze medals were awarded.

Other Italian white Wine varieties in Australia

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