Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rum Barrel Aged Merlot 2018
- 87
- $25
- Drink by: 2021 - 2024
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As I swirled the glass, plum jam and toasty oak filled the air. There’s black cherries and blackberries with the rum barrels adding the sweet/savoury complexity of molasses.
Intensely concentrated on the palate and full bodied. Mouthfilling with seamless tannins coated in lashings of black fruit and sweet, spicy liquorice. A hint of dark chocolate lingers, as does the warming alcohol.
If you love red wine and dark chocolate then grab a glass and a slab of something 70%+ and snuggle up in front of the fire.
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.
