1998 Taltarni Clover Hill Sparkling

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 84 points

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  9/8/2015 - Drinking Trees wrote: 84 Points

  Very tight cork. As soon as the cork was removed, there was a burst of lemon and breadcrumbs: a good sign, I thought. Nose shows strong notes of lemon soda, quinine, and lemon meringue pie with buttery crust. Palate is not as good as the nose. The structure is good, with firm acidity and lively effervescence, but the fruit flavour is not as fresh and zesty as it could be. Flavours of lemon marmalade (slightly moldy) and stale bread, with hints of unattractive tertiary flavours: cardboard and body odour. Still fine to drink, but would have been better when it was younger. Note: it's possible that this bottle was very slightly faulty (either slightly oxidised or with a small amount of bacterial spoilage), but other tasting notes I've seen don't suggest that this wine is exceptionally long-lived; I don't think it's faulty, just a bit long in the tooth.

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  4/17/2009 - graemeg wrote:

  Pyrenees Wineries' Visit (Pyrenees, Vic): (Brut) {cork} A developing nose of cheese and breadshop aromas. Plenty of bubbles visible here too. The palate is a little more lemony than the nose would lead you to expect. Dry, persistent chardonnay-dominant fruits lead to a finish of nutty complexity, assisted by fine creamy bubbles. Aging nicely, and on this showing has some time to go yet, although expecting any further improvement is possibly a bit hopeful. Further evidence that the future of Australian sparkling will likely have a strong Tasmanian accent.

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