Mumm Brut Rosé NV
$40, 12% alcohol, DIAM cork, Marlborough/NZ.
Sparkling wine, from Marlborough in New Zealand, made by Mumm, priced at $40. This falls safely into the “what’s not to like” category. It tastes of strawberries, cooked apples, citrus and spiced fruit-bread, and while it’s generally refreshing and fun, it has above-average concentration of flavour and indeed complexity. It’s a win. It’s a no-brainer. It’s a buy. 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.
