The Shadow Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir by The Group 2020
- 90
- $34
- Drink by: 2021 - 2023
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This wine smells like black forest cake – a really dark one made with bittersweet dark chocolate, late season deep black cherries and spicy vanilla pod. The cocoa powder vibe extends to the palate with fine savoury tannins. The flavours are fresher and tangier here – strawberries and redcurrants with a hint of fresh thyme. It’s juicy and would be delicious slightly chilled. However, it’s winter here in Melbourne so I will be pairing this with a simple roasted vegetable salad; caramelised roasted beetroot and pumpkin atop fresh baby spinach, sprinkled with crumbled chèvre and toasted walnuts.
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.
