Rowlee Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
- 95
- $50
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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The aromas are gorgeous, showing such purity of fruit, and lots of fruit at that. There’s zesty grapefruit, lemon pith, white peach and juicy yellow nectarine. The lovely contrast of citrus and stone fruit is achieved in this high-altitude, single vineyard wine, by staggering picking times 12 days apart. Time spent ageing in French oak adds a creamy vanilla bean yoghurt character, like being licked from a marble bench top – that minerality! In your mouth it has both concentration and finesse; showing that same waltz of orchard fruits. Fine juicy acidity with just a hint of tang begs for some accompanying seafood. The silky texture and lingering finish ensures another glass.
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.
