Brand’s Laira Blockers Chardonnay 2019
- 89
- $25
- Drink by: 2021-2025
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Such lush rich ripe fruit! This wine smells like the peak of summer with dripping yellow peaches and large juicy wedges of papaya and pineapple. On the palate the fruit is zestier with nectarine and grapefruit and a savoury hint of fresh hay. Some time in oak adds a spicy nutmeg note and enhances the creamy lemon-custard texture. Enjoy with baked whole baby snapper and spring greens topped with beurre blanc.
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.
