Quilty & Gransden Shiraz 2018
- 92
- $15
- Drink by: 2022-2025
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Dense dark blackberry coulis and licorice erupt from the glass. There’s dark, cocoa-rich Black Forest cake and freshly picked Provençal herbs. On the palate it’s silky and mouthfilling. Concentrated and remarkably complex, especially at this price point, it is more savoury to taste with hints of pepper and charcuterie. Still lots of lovely berries but they’re spicy like cherries served with duck. Slightly grainy tannins and a tang of raspberry acidity complete the picture. Pair with a scotch fillet and black peppercorn sauce – don’t forget a hefty side of twice cooked spuds.
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.
