Magarey Lane Single Vineyard Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
- 90
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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Magarey Lane has a focus on single vineyard wines from the Limestone Coast and Coonawarra, the latter is the source of the fruit for this wine. And classic Coonawarra it is, with a distinctive choc mint aroma supporting ripe blackberries and plums. Time in the glass reveals Chinese 5 spice and a savoury, earthy, gravelly note. It’s rich and mouth-filling with dark spicy fruit and cocoa powder tannins. The slight herbaceous lift is reminiscent of freshly picked mint leaves and a bright raspberry acidity offers freshness on the finish. Drink with pistachio-crusted lamb rack and chimichurri.
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.
