Nikola Estate The Modernist 2021
- 94
- $50
- Drink by: 2022-2028
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From the outset this is a wine to get your teeth into. It’s a blend of tempranillo, shiraz and grenache sourced from Frankland River, Geographe and the Perth Hills. The floral raspberry plum notes on the nose bring so many of the individual varietal characteristics into the mix. Then there is a dry dusty dried herb character that introduces a further layer of interest. It’s bright and lively with a subtle tannin and fine acid lift. Structured with supple juicy fruit finishing dry and slightly savoury.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
