Oliver’s Taranga Tempranillo 2022
- 94
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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Is it a bad thing when a wine smells like your childhood? Hear me out – there’s aromas of strawberries and cream and fruity, cherry creaming soda – zesty and vanilla-scented. Not to mention black jellybeans (the good ones from the Chemist) and fresh blueberry pie.
It’s bright and fresh with balanced acidity that holds the 14.5% alcohol gently. There are then fine gravelly tannins supported by fruit to an impressive finish.
Drink with lamb chops on the barbie, a mound of potato salad 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.
