Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Tempranillo 2023
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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Cherry cola immediately leaps from the glass with a lashing of candied fennel seeds – both sweet and spicy. After a few minutes in the glass, it ups the sultriness with rose petals and the new car smell of fresh leather seats. Silky and juicy on the palate with fruits of the forest and savoury black olives. Tender tannins offer structure without being drying while nutty oak and a pine needle savour complete the picture.
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.
