Billy Button Sparkling Red NV

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Billy Button Sparkling Red NV.

Billy Button Sparkling Red NV
$30, 13.5% alcohol, crown seal, Alpine Valleys.

I love drinking sparkling red, especially when it’s as fresh and frisky as this one is. This also has more character than most, courtesy of the fact that it’s been made with durif, saperavi and shiraz grapes – rather than just straight shiraz, as most sparkling reds are. This is dry, fruity, a touch herbal, twiggy and just generally more-ish. It has a touch of tannin – also great to see in a sparkling red – and good length. Needless to say, it’s a wine that just seems to disappear all too quickly. 91 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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