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

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.

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