Aces & Arrows Adelaide Hills Grüner Veltliner 2020
- 91
- $30
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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Wow, there is such evocative aromatic intensity in this local example of Grüner Veltliner – a variety that hails from Austria and that Riesling lovers are embracing in Australia. Alive with apple blossoms, lemons and limes straight off the tree, crisp slices of honeydew melon. All this is balanced by Grüner’s trademark spicy white pepper and a crushed seashell minerality. It’s leaner and quite steely on the palate with well integrated acidity. In the European style, the fruit is not quite as expressive as it is aromatically, showing restrained citrus and stone fruit, with savoury hay and a hint of salinity. It’s all about elegance and finesse.
Nicole loves wine. So much so that she gave up a successful career in Pharmacy, perfected her spitting technique, and moved from sunny Queensland to the wine-drenched laneways of Melbourne. Stints in hospitality, wineries, retail, sales and marketing filled the next few years while Nicole built her knowledge and searched for the right path. She completed the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in 2016 and became a certified WSET Educator the following year. She now juggles a number of roles including teaching people about wine, curating wines lists for restaurants and bars, judging in Australian wine shows and, of course, writing. In 2016 she won the Negociants Working With Wine writing award and has since contributed to Gourmet Traveller WINE, Halliday Wine Companion Magazine and Nourish Magazine.
