Vinea Marson Barbera 2019
- 94
- $30
- Drink by: 2021-2025
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Oooh I just want to keep smelling this! There’s cherry compote, freeze dried raspberries, red frogs, cola, inky dark blueberries, a hint of earthy forest floor, white mushrooms, and nutmeg spice. A complex melange of nostalgic childhood camping trips. Ultra silky, it dances across the palate with bright berry acidity. It’s not weighty but has extraordinary concentration – buckets of mixed cherries freshly picked in the cool of the morning, dried marjoram, crushed rocks, and the umami kick of top notch Japanese soy sauce.
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.
