Squitchy Lane Pinot Noir 2022
- 92
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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On pouring, I am immediately transported to a rose garden, surrounded by perfumed petals and subtly spicy/herbaceous leaves. Then the fruit kicks in – cranberries, strawberries and cherries, with the darker tang of blueberries, alongside enticing nutmeg and forest floor. With three years since harvest, this wine is already proving its ability to age gracefully, and the structured, but still fine-grained, tannins promise a lot more potential. Strawberries lead the way again in the mouth with redcurrant and red apples joining the fray. Time in the glass is rewarded with a plumping up of that beautiful fresh fruit, while the sweet baking spices gain a tobacco box and leather complexity.
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.
