Orlando Jacaranda Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
- 90
- $75
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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There’s a significant oak footprint in this classic, rich style of Coonawarra Cabernet. I mention this at the beginning because it is the first thing you notice as you pour a glass. It’s lovely oak though and heightens the rich black fruit into aromas of chocolate and plum pudding with brandy custard. The richness continues in the mouth with ultra-ripe blackcurrants and a distinctively Coonawarra dark chocolate and dried mint character. It’s viscous and silky with long chalky tannins. Drink with slow-cooked lamb shoulder
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.
