Admit it. When you think Australian wine with a psychiatrist waving flash cards in your face asking what you see you will most likely say SHIRAZ! You might equally say CHARDONNAY!
Breaking free from psychiatric tyranny why not sample a sparkling wine from Australia? It is a Thorn-Clarke Pinot Noir-Chardonnay from the Eden Valley. Both the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay were night picked and immediately crushed and destemmed and were fermented separately. The grapes were grown in two cool climate sites in the Eden Valley, Milton Park and Mt. Crawford.
Love the plenitude of Don Ho tiny bubbles.
Aroma: Pear, Sweet Tango apple, marzipan, lemon meringue pie, trail mix nuts and freshly baked white bead.
Palate: Rather strange to savour strawberry and red cherry in a white sparkler but oops there it is! Quite unexpectedly charming! Perhaps even weird and delightful. A bit of Rocha pear just so there is a token white grape trace. Tight acidity not ripping off your face perhaps “vibrant” might best describe it.
Food Match: Lobster linguine.
Personality: I think I am devilishly clever as how on earth anyone but the devil could infuse the wine with notes of red fruit.
Cellarbility: Drinking window ends with 2025 New Year’s Eve.
Price: $23CDN $30AUSD.
RKS 2025 Wine Rating: 93/100. Sam Kim wineorbitz.co.nz 93.
(Thorn-Clarke Pinot Noir Chardonnay Eden Valley NV Brut, Thorn-Clarke Wines, Angaston, South Australia, 750 mL, 12.5%).
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