Riddoch The Winegrower Shiraz 2021
- 92
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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The aromas are big, and spicy with blackberry jam and macerated cherries, poached quince and cinnamon sticks. In the mouth that luscious spice continues with dark fruitcake filled with plump juicy fruit. There’s white pepper and savoury cocoa powder finishing with ripe, soft tannins. This is a richer, old-school style of Coonawarra Shiraz with everything in balance, including that seductively spicy oak. Pair it with a big old-school Sunday roast.
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.
