Brokenwood Indigo Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
- 94
- $75
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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I found this wine intensely challenging in all the best ways. It was so beautifully balanced and deliciously moreish that I had to keep pulling myself back into the discipline of writing a tasting note. Aromas of cherry orchard, silky, spicy vanilla custard and just a hint of earth lead into a melange of fruit and spice on the palate. There’s raspberry and rhubarb with deeper sultry notes of rose hip jam. Whole bunch herbaceous characters and toasty oak conjure images of an exotic spice market. Very fine chalky tannins, and punchy red plum acidity make it mouthwateringly drinkable in its youth and also invite cellaring. Astoundingly good with rocket, fennel, peach, burrata and grilled hazelnut 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.
