Peter Warr and Robert Heywood, winemakers for Taltarni also get to perfect their sparkling craft at Tasmanian bubbles house, Clover Hill.
Made from traditional sparkling grapes with Chardonnay (64%), Pinot Noir (32%) and Pinot Meunier 4% in the Méthode Traditionelle style. Fruit comes from the Pyrenees, Adelaide Hills and Tasmania. Almost 3 years maturation on the tirage lees. Key bits of bling for this wine include 95 points and Top Gold at the 2016 Sydney Royal Wine Show.
Taltarni, Sparkling, Brut, 2012
Light straw to pale onion skin in colour. Funky perfume complexity with egg shell and all spice seasoning, creamed honey, baked biscuits, grilled nuts and light red fruits. A refined mousse sits atop a textural palate with toasty, grilled peach stonefruit and roast cashew nut tempered by zesty lemon/lime and green apple acidity that continues to drive the palate on. Beautifully balanced and a joy to taste.
RRP: $26
Alc: 12.5%
Rating: 18.25/20
Wine sample courtesy of Taltarni
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First I am not a wine connoisseur but a wine lover. My choice of wines is a Brut sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir which I purchased 2023 for around $25.00. Opening it today 2.1.2025 the colour was a darker brown and the cork did not pop as others have done and the taste was not exhilarating as most sparkling wines I drink are. Let me reinterate I am not a wine expert but with this bottle I was disappointed I hope I am not a winging Austie thank you Peter Frame JP
Hi Peter,
That is unfortunate.
If you kept the bottle and the cork, I would return it to your place of purchase.