Shy Susan Blanc De Blancs 2019
Shy Susan Blanc de Blancs 2019
$75, 12.5% alcohol, crown seal, Tasmania.
Glenn James is a shockingly good winemaker with truly alarming depth and range to his winemaking knowledge. Apart from many other winemaking adventures, he spent many years making sparkling wine (among other things) with Tasmania grapes. Joanna Marsh spent years making sparkling wine (among other things) at Seppelt. Marsh too is encyclopedic in her wine knowledge, and inspiring in her relentless quest to know more. Given this, it’s no surprise that Glenn James and Joanna Marsh have crafted here a gorgeous sparkling wine, made with Tasmanian grapes.
The best trick with sparkling wine – apart from adding some joy to your life – is to deliver flavour in an elegant way. That’s exactly what this wine does, and then adds a bit of flair. It tastes of apples and grapefruit, citrus and sweet pastries, all of which would be enough in itself – except that this wine then adds a genuine kick (of extra flavour) through the finish, which makes you stop and take special notice. To put it midly, this sparkling wine is excellent and then some.
95 points.
