Wine writer and critical thinker Huon Hooke ponders the limitations of the term ‘traditional method’ to describe Australia’s most premium sparkling wines.
Wine writer and critical thinker Huon Hooke ponders the limitations of the term ‘traditional method’ to describe Australia’s most premium sparkling wines.
Tasted blind. Baked apple, pear, lemon meringue – generous and attractive fruit character. On the palate, that development continues with an oxidised, cider-type maturity that
2021 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Shiraz Franc This is composed and classy Aussie claret smelling: shiraz plumminess and cabernet sauvignon currantiness billowing
Smells quite sublime: super-deep, super-pure, with tangerine peel and baby pineapple*, held in creaminess like a set brûlée before the torch. So a slight wobble