Oliver’s Taranga Fiano 2021
- 87
- $27
- Drink by: 2021-2024
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This wine is all about the joyful scents of childhood – strawberry sherbet, lime cordial, big juicy wedges of honeydew and rockmelon. Such lovely, juicy fruit and the more you swirl your glass, the more it gives.
Begging to be sipped al fresco on a summer day, it’s crisp and zippy; not at all sweet but with such concentration of fruit that your mind tries to play tricks on you. Balancing notes of freshly picked mixed herbs and nuttiness adds complexity. A slightly oily, slightly pithy texture promises added layers with a few more months in bottle. Drink with crusty rolls filled with barbecued prawns just off the grill and a spritz of lemon
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.
