Quilty & Gransden Merlot 2018
- 90
- $15
- Drink by: 2022-2024
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This wine is proof that merlot can be nuanced and interesting. There are bright red plums, blackberries and blueberries – juicy and fresh. Crystallised violets and the almost floral scent of freeze-dried raspberries mingle with the comforting aromas of nana’s pantry and the promise of baking. It’s everything you want in a weekday wine with soft tannins, great concentration and a medium body. Serve with a bowl of your favourite home-made comfort food – your mum’s spaghetti bolognese recipe or a rich minestrone soup.
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.
