Nine One Six Sparkling Blanc De Noir 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Nine One Six Sparkling Blanc De Noir 2022
$60, 12% alcohol, DIAM cork, Yarra Valley.

This is from a Yarra Valley vineyard that was planted in 1996. The vineyard is 100% Pinot Noir as of course is this (sparkling ) wine.

It’s a complex wine. Chalk, citrus, cooked apple, a meaty aspect, a distinct dryness. There are spice, blackcurrant bud and herb notes in among the drives of apple, stones, strawberries and yeast. Serious, this wine most definitely is. It belongs on the dinner table as much or more than it does at a celebration. It’s impressive. 93 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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