The NV Natural Réserve leads with green and red apple, musk stick and brine. The palate is textural and focused, with bright and pithy acidity,
The 2017 Late Disgorged Blanc de Blancs comes from a cool season, and the wine has lovely persistence and intensity. It is savoury, chalky and
The 2022 Rosé is floral and pink-fruited, with red apple, pink grapefruit and pink peppercorn. In the mouth, the wine is spicy, textural and weighty
The 2021 Blanc de Blancs is toasty and reductive, with notes of crushed shells and lemon curd, pith and zest. The wine in the mouth
GW has reviewed this wine previously, or a rendition that was disgorged in May 2024 – here. There was a second disgorgement of this same
Wonderful aromatics and the palate to match. This is one of those wines that seems overtly dry, and overtly rich, at the same time, in
DAOSA is up there with the best of them in sparkling wine terms. I took a sip and I just wanted to drink it, even
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
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
One of the select non-cellar-sourced wines to make it into this lineup, I thought this Daosa Blanc de Blancs 2021 was another clean and pure release from