Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2021
- 93
- $27
- Drink by: 2021-2025
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Jasmine, frangipani and passionfruit blossoms drift from the glass – the scent of an early evening summer breeze in a house by the ocean. There’s a spritz of lemon juice, the minerality of sea shells, and the subtle nuttiness of freshly ground almond meal.
On the palate it’s the texture that seduces – mouth-filling and concentrated but not weighty. Ruby grapefruit is joined by flavours of pineapple mint. It’s dry and quite savoury with refreshing acidity and great length. Sip by the seaside with pan-fried King George whiting plus a crunchy apple, celery and mint salad.
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.
