Quilty & Gransden Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
- 93
- $15
- Drink by: 2022-2025
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What a charmer! Star anise and dense blackberry bushes – both the lush green foliage and the plump juicy berries. There is a nostalgic salty minerality; think sun-warned bitumen melding with sea spray as you carry your haul of fish and chips down the path to the beach. On the palate it’s all about blackcurrant and an earthy savouriness that makes me think of Cabernet from Tuscany – dried herbs and fine, dusty tannins. Pair with slow-cooked lamb shanks in red wine and lashings of creamy polenta.
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.
