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Meadowbank Blanc de Blancs 2016

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Meadowbank Blanc de Blancs 2016
Producer Meadowbank
Region, Country Derwent Valley, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 24
Product Code 20639-750

Meadowbank’s inaugural Blanc de Blancs is sourced from the Far Horse Vineyard block, which lies close to vines used for the Meadowbank Chardonnay. While the latter vines are exposed north, the Blanc de Blancs parcel faces south in a slightly cooler microclimate. With this wine, Pete Dredge has gone full artisanal: the fruit was hand-picked and whole-cluster-pressed, and the juice was fermented in old barriques for three months. Disgorged earlier this year, the wine spent five years in bottle before release and has a low, two grams per litre dosage.

Meadowbank Blanc de Blancs 2016

Reviews

“What a great show! And what do I know about fizzy wine? Not a lot. Generally I only drink Champagne Jérôme Prévost, maybe twice a year at that. Still,I reckon I can turn my hand to anything, if I try. There’s 100 cases of this released now, with 50 held back for a future LD offering, or whatever. Very fine style, complex too. I’m thinking salted almond, brioche, oyster shell, lemon barley. Gentle bubbles, offering a little surf and foam, quiet, and soothing, dry, saltine crackers, again the lemon barley thing, has some grip too, with a dry chalky finish of excellent length. Really good Tasmanian sparkling. Complexity and verve.
95 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
100% chardonnay; whole-bunch pressed; fermented in 5 old French oak barriques and one new French oak cask; aged 5 years on lees; disgorged Sept '21; 3g/L RS. Still bright, pale straw green hue, even 6 years after harvest, declaring a dramatic, tense and energetic blanc de blancs of tremendous potential. Pristine, focused lemon and crunchy nashi pear are touched by graceful almond meal and brioche nuances of barrel fermentation and lees age. New oak is magically subsumed into its core, building structure and depth to a long, high-tensile finish. Great things are in store, but it will take at least another decade for them to emerge.
93 points, Tyson Stelzer, Winecompanion.com.au

Reviews

“What a great show! And what do I know about fizzy wine? Not a lot. Generally I only drink Champagne Jérôme Prévost, maybe twice a year at that. Still,I reckon I can turn my hand to anything, if I try. There’s 100 cases of this released now, with 50 held back for a future LD offering, or whatever. Very fine style, complex too. I’m thinking salted almond, brioche, oyster shell, lemon barley. Gentle bubbles, offering a little surf and foam, quiet, and soothing, dry, saltine crackers, again the lemon barley thing, has some grip too, with a dry chalky finish of excellent length. Really good Tasmanian sparkling. Complexity and verve.
95 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
100% chardonnay; whole-bunch pressed; fermented in 5 old French oak barriques and one new French oak cask; aged 5 years on lees; disgorged Sept '21; 3g/L RS. Still bright, pale straw green hue, even 6 years after harvest, declaring a dramatic, tense and energetic blanc de blancs of tremendous potential. Pristine, focused lemon and crunchy nashi pear are touched by graceful almond meal and brioche nuances of barrel fermentation and lees age. New oak is magically subsumed into its core, building structure and depth to a long, high-tensile finish. Great things are in store, but it will take at least another decade for them to emerge.
93 points, Tyson Stelzer, Winecompanion.com.au

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