Riddoch The Pastoralist Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 95
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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The cool climate of Coonawarra has managed to coax some remarkably delicate florals from beautifully ripe Cabernet Sauvignon. There’s fragrant violets and rose petals with juicy blueberries showing up initially, before evolving into dense fruits of the forest. With more time in the glass, an inky richness evokes dark chocolate and toasted coconut. The palate reveals more of those vibrant berries against a deliciously savoury backdrop of bramble, blackcurrant leaf and black olives. There’s lovely fine tea leaf tannins and a driven black plum acidity.
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.
