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Sparkling wines 2017 DAOSA Blanc de Blancs
G 96
Pale colour. Lovely fresh grapefruit, lemon curd, marzipan aromas with flinty notes. Generous and mouth-filling with plentiful grapefruit, nectarine, grilled nut, yeasty flavours, creamy textures, fine indelible acidity and persistent mousse. Finishes chalky dry and fruity. A delicious single-vineyard South Australian sparkling wine with superb chardonnay fruit expression and yeasty complexity. Drink now–2027 Henschke Johanne Ida Selma Blanc de Noir MD G 96 This wine radiates with beautiful pinot noir characters including layers of powerful toasty aged fruits beautifully balanced with youthful citrus, rose petal and raspberry. It is all matched up to praline and almond meal lees complexity on a creamy palate that is underlined by considerable acidity. It’s an experience and quite spectacular. Drink 2022–2028 2019 Apogee Vintage Deluxe Rosé G 95 Pale bronze/salmon pink, it is deeply vinous thanks to a wide array of aromas from summer red fruits, pear and spice, with tremendous power and volume, perfectly matched by warm biscuit complexity. Delightful flavour purity is beautifully offset by subtle, nutty oxidative complexity on a silky palate with acidity and gently tannins providing the perfect backbone to a long, sustained and fine finish. Drink 2022–2030 2014 Arras Méthode Traditionnelle Blanc de Blancs G 95 Pale colour. Intense nectarine, grapefruit aromas with lovely yeasty marzipan notes. Beautifully balanced and refined wine with pure nectarine, grapefruit, lemon curd flavours, fine loose-knit chalky textures, attractive mid-palate volume, persistent fine creamy bubbles and fresh long cutting acidity. Refreshing and minerally with superb fruit complexity and tension. An aperitif style. On yeast lees (tirage) for seven years. Drink now–2028 2017 Seppelt Salinger Vintage Cuvée Méthode Traditionnelle G 94 Pale colour. Fresh sourdough, hint marzipan, white peach, nectarine aromas with flinty/toasty notes. Creamy and refined méthode traditionnelle style with lovely white peach, nectarine, lemon curd flavours, fine supple textures, marzipan, toasty, hint oyster shell complexity and fresh crisp acidity. Persistent fine bubbles carry the flavours across the palate. Elegantly balanced wine. Drink now–2028
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