Baron D'Or Cremant de Bordeaux Brut NV
$50, 12% alcohol, cork, Bordeaux/France.
The drinkability of this is sky high. It’s light, apple-driven, refreshing and whispered ever-so-attractively with fragrant herb notes. It’s all juice and apple skins, citrus and tonic, the finish then both dry and mouthwatering. All will enjoy. 91 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
