Magarey Lane Glenroy Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
- 92
- $115
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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The Glenroy vineyard is in northern Coonawarra on the famed Terra Rossa soil of the region. Even at 9 years of age this wine pours a bright ruby. The aromas encapsulate a surprising burst of ripe strawberries and red cherries alongside more classic Cabernet characters of plums and black currant. There’s a lifted Earl Grey tea note, dried sage and black olives while it is smooth and silky on the palate with high levels of fine tannin and a juicy acidity. The joy of trying wines released with some age is that the savoury, earthy tertiary characters are beautifully integrated. Decant to release more brooding fruit and a distinct dark chocolate-coated blueberry flavour and fragrant tobacco box.
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.
