Eminence The Assembly Blanc de Noir 2022
AU$45, 12.1% alcohol, crown seal, Whitlands High Plateau/King Valley.
This is a sparkling wine of both finesse and flavour. It’s built on strawberry and citrus flavours but brioche, honeysuckle and candy-apple characters all push through the palate with both confidence and ease. There’s a cleansing sizzle of flavour through the finish and a general impression that you’re in confident hands. 92 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.
