Peter Lehmann Portrait Grenache Rosé 2021
- 92
- $20
- Drink by: 2021-2023
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My goodness this is pretty! There’s a new colourful tweak to the classic label design and an elegant bottle shape to show off the perfectly pale, peachy pink wine. There’s abundant summer berries on the nose – strawberries and raspberries with some white cherries thrown in and a hint of watermelon. But there’s also tangy golden kiwi fruit and a fennel seed and almond meal savour. It’s so damn silky on the palate – the texture of just-whipped meringue backed by stunning concentration but with no fruit bomb in sight. The summer fruits give way to ruby grapefruit and clingstone peaches balanced by a lovely spicy hint of white pepper. Drink with grilled chicken and Waldorf salad, heavy on the nutty crunch.
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.
