Howard Park Flint Rock Pinot Noir 2023
- 90
- $30
- Drink by: 2024-2026
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What a pretty Pinot this is from the Great Southern subregion of Mount Barker. It’s bright ruby in the glass, with aromas of Pink Lady apple skin, strawberries, red currants and tangy pomegranate. A combination of ageing in a mix of barriques, hogsheads and 500 litre puncheons, with 50% rested in stainless steel tanks has resulted in a lighter body with pristine fresh fruit flavours. Fine tannins and bright acidity make this mouthwateringly easy to drink.
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.
