Barossa Boy Little Tacker Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2018
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2021 - 2027
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As I pour the wine it immediately offers up sun-warmed yellow-fleshed plums. There’s Sarsaparilla – if you grew up in a country town in the 90s then you know the quirky soft drink; for everyone else think cola but with a slightly herbal edge. The next reveal is Haighs dark chocolate violet creams (try them, seriously), spicy plum pudding, an earthy ferrous note (think a beautiful cut of aged beef) and fragrant Tasmanian pepper berries.
This wine is a big warm hug and carries its 14% ABV quite elegantly. The tannins are slightly chalky, immediately approachable but with enough oomph to promise at least 5 years in cellar.
Pair with a dry-aged scotch fillet or a rustically earthy lentil and walnut loaf with a hefty dollop of smoky babaganoush.
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.
