Tasmania just keeps on punching out excellent and curiously different wines. Here is another.
COLOUR Cloudy. A vibrant lemon colour with a hint of tropical gold.
AROMA This is an exuberant, cloudy and lightly sparkling wine with aromas that leap out of the glass to delight the senses. Think bright passionfruit, rich lime peel and pea shoots alongside elegant nashi pear.
PALATE The first sip of this wine brings concentrated passionfruit pulp and a moreish hit of ginger spice and kaffir lime. Savour your mouthful and the full complexity of the wine will show with layers of pink grapefruit, lemon drop and pineapple juice mingling on the palate. The finish is light and refreshing, with a fine bead enhancing the tropical fruit flavours which linger long after your glass is empty.
CELLARING Best enjoyed within 24 months of release
WINEMAKING A unique field blend allowed to finish fermentation in the bottle with all the goodness included.
REGION Tasmania
VARIETIES Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling & Gewürztraminer
Pét-nat or pétillant naturel, which translates to ‘natural sparkling', is made using the methode ancestrale technique. It is the oldest method of making sparkling wine, dating back to the 16th century. It's made with one continuous fermentation. There's no addition of secondary yeasts or sugars – the fermenting juice is bottled and fermentation continues in the bottle. The CO2 (which comes from the yeast) is trapped, and causes bubbles to form in the wine.
