Chalmers Piedirosso 2021
- 90
- $33
- Drink by: 2023-2025
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Described in “Wine Grapes” (aka the ‘new testament’ of wine, after the Oxford Companion to Wine) as a “fresh, aromatic Campanian”. It’s a very old variety (potentially 16th century) and the name refers to ‘red feet’ – a red stalk and stem as the variety reaches ripeness. This one comes from Chalmers’ Heathcote vineyards on the famous Cambrian soils. It has aromas of blackberry and blood plum, and a graphite rock minerality. Known for having a herbal edge, in this wine it presents as a Vietnamese mint character – that fresh peppery, minty lift with deeper aniseed undertones. In the mouth there is a moreish roasted tomato note and fine tannins that tango with the savoury complexity. Quirky, sultry and begging for a pizza.
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.
