Rowlee Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
- 93
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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On the first swirl of this cool climate beauty, the aromas leap from the glass – a spritz of lime, white peaches, and delicate almond blossoms. As if that wasn’t enough, a moment to breathe, yields a seductive lemon meringue tart ,with perfectly tangy citrus filling and crisp shortcrust pastry. This is Burgundian winemaking but in the high altitude vineyards of Orange, NSW. Long, slow fermentation on solids in 30% new French oak, 10 months on lees and a little malolactic conversion to turn that vibrant cool climate acidity into something a little more sultry. The texture is simultaneously silky and chalky with seashell minerality and a perfumed, white nectarine flavour lingering on the palate. All this at a beautifully balanced with 12.3% alcohol, promising to age elegantly.
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.
