Barossa Boy Young Wisdom Mataro 2020
- 91
- $50
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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If Mataro sounds like a new grape for you, it might be because it has a number of pseudonyms. Also named Mourvèdre and Monastrell, it’s a key player in ubiquitous GSM blends where it adds earthy, savoury tannins and bold fruit. This single variety example highlights aromas of dried blackberries, poached plums and star anise with a quirky, savoury note of bresaola. It’s rich and almost sweet with the plushness of the fruit. It’s not sweet though, just a trick of the mind played by juicy fruit flavours and a seductive, mouthfilling concentration. It finishes long and bright with chalky tannins and well-integrated acidity.
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.
