Brand’s Laira The Marching Captain Chardonnay 2021
- 88
- $12
- Drink by: 2021-2025
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What a pretty chardonnay! A very delicate oak influence, showing up just as a hint of fragrant vanilla, allows a bouquet of florals and fruit to shine. There’s chamomile and lemon blossom with ripe white peaches, juicy Beurre Bosc pears, and a hint of creamy vanilla custard. On the palate it’s silky and medium bodied, juicy and lifted, showing fruit purity and classy, hands off winemaking at unbelievably good value. Drink it with a picnic of crunchy sourdough stuffed with a chicken and walnut salad.
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.
