Pirie Millésime Prestige Rosé 2023
- 95
- $100
- Drink by: 2026-2030
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A gorgeous peach skin blush starts the experience of this special release. Fresh strawberries, pink grapefruit and lemon curd greet you on the nose. As it opens in the glass, it becomes a stroll through a destination rose garden – the intoxicating perfume of, almost impossibly perfect, blooms. The blend is 64% Pinot Noir (including that added for colour) and 36% Chardonnay. Made using the traditional method with 18 months on lees and Pinot Noir added with dosage to achieve the seductive hue. There’s beautiful harmony of flavour with plush berries, white peach and brioche, lifted by an elegant bubble and bright acidity. A crunchy, chalky minerality provides engaging contrast to a billowing silky texture. It finishes long, and with just a whisper of food friendly tannin structure.
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.
