Chandon Étoile Release No 2 NV

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Chandon Étoile Release No 2 NV.

Chandon Étoile Release No 2 NV
$120, 12.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, Victoria.

Unreal sparkling wine. Just simply fabulous. Such beautiful richness to the flavour, so zesty and fresh as it delivers this flavour, so underpinned by complexity and then a finish that is a walk into tomorrow. Wow this is a sparkling wine; this is Chandon Australia for the win. What I particularly love are those flashes of custardy creaminess, married to flashes of charcuterie, followed by a crescendo of lemon rind and brioche. Great release, this. 95 points.

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Chandon Étoile Release No 2 NV is a blend of eight vintages of Chandon Vintage Brut, reaching back to 2005.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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