Rowlee Pinot Gris 2025
- 90
- $30
- Drink by: 2025-2027
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I love it when a wine labelled as Pinot Gris actually tastes like the French ‘Gris’ style (in contrast to the lighter, earlier picked Italian Pinot Grigio). This one nails the brief with aromas and flavours of juicy Packham pears and bright, ripe, sun-warmed citrus medley. It’s lifted and fragrant too – with a hint of jasmine and peach blossom. Balancing all that fruit is a fresh acidity, no doubt contributed by the crisp, high altitude Bowlee vineyard (950 metres above sea level). It’s a little bit spicy in all the right ways with a hint of fennel seed and a dash of salinity.
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.
