| 2016 The High C | |
 | Apr 2020 disgorgement
Size: 750ml Tasting NotesThis wine was made to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary and, like the top note in an operatic aria, it expresses elegance and finesse. Light gold in colour with a fine bead and a bouquet featuring notes of brioche, Granny Smith apple, lychee, lemon zest and toast. RatingsGold medal, 2020 Adelaide Hills Wine Show Food MatchingTo be honest this wine needs no food and can be enjoyed immensely by itself. However oysters, canapés, figs wrapped in prosciutto and stuffed with blue cheese and paté all go brilliantly. As a main course (and we often drink sparkling over dinner) enjoy it with turkey, or gravlax, with chicken parmigiana, lasagna or roast pork with crackling. Viticulture2016 saw dry Spring conditions encourage good set in our Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blocks. Early bird activity meant that we were forced to net the rows we had set aside for Sparkling. Both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay were hand picked at approximately 11 baumé on the 20th February. We didn't manage to fill the right number of bins from the un-netted rows so were forced to finish picking under nets. Milk crates were stacked in the middle of the bins to encourage air flow and aid refrigeration on receipt at the winery. Weigh notes showed we had harvested 2.3 tonnes of Chardonnay and 3.6 tonnes of Pinot Noir - this becoming the ratio for the final Sparkling. WinemakingThe wine is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, made using the "méthode traditionnelle". The grapes were pressed off their skins almost immediately to avoid any chance of colour extraction from the Pinot Noir grapes. Base wines were made and blended and then tiraged in September 2016. This release was disgorged in April 2020 and given a dosage of 6g/L. Wine AnalysisDosage: 6g/L |