Querceto Di Castellina Chianti Classico L’Aura D.O.C.G 2020
- 94
- $45
- Drink by: 2022-2030
Share
This is everything you want Chianti to be – bright cherries, ripe yellow plums, savoury herbs and a delicate earthy minerality. With a quick slosh into a decanter, spicy cola and raspberry licorice came to the fore. It’s fresh and vibrant on the palate with sour cherry, loads of dried sage, and well-integrated toasty oak. Savoury tannins offer enough structure to age but are approachable now. A beautiful classic(o!) example of the quality wines that can be produced in Chianti at a great price.
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.
