$49.00
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Eminence
Chardonnay
Whitlands
Australia
2023
750ml
55/45% pinot noir/chardonnay. The base vintage is 2018 with reserve wines added; 40 months on lees. Disgorged October, 2021. 8g/L dosage. A finely beaded, salmon-pink sparkling that rates among Australia’s best. Confidently presented with complexity and poise, Altair wears a delicate sheen of savoury autolysis with almonds, baked pastry, poached pear, bright red berries aromas. […]
100% single-vineyard Pipers River chardonnay produced in the traditional method by sparkling wine queen Natalie Fryar. Pale straw with a superfine, energetic bead and mousse. Notes of apple, white peach, nectarine and citrus fruits with underlying hints of clotted cream, sea spray, freshly baked brioche, clover blossom, dried shiitake, shortbread, creamed honey and crushed stone […]
Exceptionally rare. A wine that I think embodies this estate like no other, showcasing their ability to make elegant, savoury and very complex wines, not just dark and massive monsters. Dark in colour, but less so than their still shiraz’s, and there is a greater emphasis on tertiary notes. The fruit profile is very complex, […]
Our first multi-regional (Coal Rivier Valley, Pipers River, 3.5% six-year old reserve wines in primary blend) and Chardonnay dominant rosé (69% Chardonnay, 31% Pinot Noir). 450 bottles produced. 94 points – The Real Review With almost eight years on yeast-lees, expect to see more bakery and hazelnut aromas and flavours as the wine ages. […]