Vinea Marson Nebbiolo 2016
- 95
- $42
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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Glistening garnet highlights in the glass hint at the age but there’s still so much freshness – red plums, macerated strawberries, and compressed watermelon make up the fruit spectrum. There’s the ethereal aroma of pressed rose petals, and the earthiness of roasted beetroot and leather. It is rich with a lovely ripe-fruited weight, and mouthfilling spice. At six years old the tannins offer solid structure without dominating, fleshed out with baked rhubarb, an ironstone minerality, and meat jus umami. I drank this with a rich mushroom ragu pasta and the only thing I would change is to add some truffles on top.
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.
