Varietal

Sparkling

There’s a vast array of sparkling wines made outside of Champagne!

From Italy we see Moscato, Prosecco & Franciacorta. There are some stunning sparkling Nebbiolo’s made in Valtellina. Spain has its Cava, Conca del Riu Anoia (for just 1 winer), Clàssic Penedès and, Corpinnat made from Xarel.lo, Marcabeo & Parellada. In France there’s Crémant de Bourgogne made from Pinot and Chardonnay, Anjou Mousseau & Crémant de Loire made from Chenin Blanc. In Germany, Sekt, the sparkling Riesling.

If there is a grape growing somewhere the chances are someone has tried to turn it into a fizzy drink!

There are joint ventures between the great Champagne houses and wineries around the world from Australia to America. There are stunning wines made in Tasmania and more recently the UK using traditional Champagne making methods.

Unique to Australia there’s even Red Sparkling ‘Burgundy’!

Production methods, styles from super dry to sweet, fizz levels, and, maturation pre-release vary dramatically. Within Champagne alone there are wines for every course of the meal.

And … yes, Moscato is a cracking breakfast wine!

White, Pink, or Rosé, Chardonnay, Pinot, Riesling, Chenin Blanc or Shiraz there is something for everyone!

The Old / New Frontier of Spanish Fizz!

Raventos i Blanc

Raventós i Blanc ‘De la Finca’ 2019

Sparkling | Spain, Catalunya

Fruit for the De La Finca comes from the Vinya dels Fòssils. Situated on the highest terraces of the River Anoia with lower yields on thinner soil. Here we have a build in the depth and length. Sophisticated fine and long, complex with mid-palate layering. An entrancing perfume at play with edgy, salinity and a fine mousse. Subtle power and delicacy. The extra time on lees in bottle, 30 months, shows with a seamless harmony, richness and a little autolysis character. The fruit weight is balan

$88

$84ea in any 3+

$80ea in any 6+

Recaredo

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Terrers’ Brut Nature 2019

Xarel-lo | Spain, Catalunya

Enticing set of aromas & perfume showing their indigenous grape varieties and the complexity of the blend they offer. Beautiful mousse and fine textured phenolics harmonised by time on lees with excellent mid-palate weight. Phenolics are superb with a complex array of flavours, savoury, saline, earthy, a little rose. Almond and marzipan with a balancing, cleansing silvery bitterness. Beautifully balanced for 0g/l dose showing wonderful generosity of expression yet elegance. Woody herbs at pl

$94

$90ea in any 3+

$86ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat 'Intens' Rosat Brut Nature 2019

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Intens’ Rosat Brut Nature 2019

Monastrell | Spain, Catalunya

A little quality reduction on opening lifts quickly offering up a savoury gastronomic wine. A little smokiness plays with red fruits & pomegranate. Blood iodine & a faint lick of fresh roast beetroot. Subtle, finessed & delicate with excellent mid-palate weight, length & balance. Violets coming through on the empty glass. Wonderful fine texture. Excellent fine phenolics from 6 hours of skin contact add a playful grip to a seamless mousse. I’ve said it before, Rosé is a be

$110

$105ea in any 3+

$100ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Serral del Vell’ Brut Nature 2017

Monastrell | Spain, Catalunya

Higher elevation and shift in soil offer a more vertical and mineral style. Xarel-Lo’s gentle bitterness is a perfect balancing agent where acid may be more prominent in Champagne, a lacing of phenolics and elegant bitterness work beautifully in Recaredo’s Corpinnats. Again the oxidative bruised apple and Vino di Pasto cereal flavours come out to play with green leafy herbs. There’s loads of energy and tension as fragrant and perfumed notes come out to play. Beautifully textured

$136

$131ea in any 3+

$126ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat 'Turó d'en Mota' Brut Nature 2009

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Turó d’en Mota’ Brut Nature 2009

Monastrell | Spain, Catalunya

Incredible! Toasty development shows on opening quickly making way for an energetic perfume as the wine opens beautifully freshening and building energy. Excellent length and depth. Quite delicious, wonderful chalky, phenolic, texture graced by a cleansing bitter line. The mousse is complete and seamless. Subtle cereal character akin to a great Vino di Pasto. The core of flavour has a transparency and delicacy complexed by fresh green and woody. Such is the importance of this gastronomic wine

$415

$400ea in any 3+

$385ea in any 6+

A Still Xarel.lo!

Valldolina ‘Clos Ardit’ Xarel-lo 2021

Spain, Catalunya

Beautiful, savoury, with well-handled oxidative development, fresh yet energetic. Spiced, saline, a delicate sherry line, with a little cereal note. Ripe citrus oil on a flowing gentle mouthfeel. Love the dry crisp cleansing feel, super saline. Lovely. A great way to see a varietal Xarel.lo as a still wine and add the context to drinking top end fizz made with the variety. The acidity in this example if beautifully balanced, it shows just why it is such a good match for sparkling production.

$60

$57ea in any 3+

$54ea in any 6+

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Domaine Schoffit Crémant d’Alsace (Base 2019) NV

Sparkling | France, Alsace

Base 2019, this is fun! Lovely set of flavours with an entrancing perfume. Crisp with cut. 3 years on lees disgorged November 2022 with a 2g/l. 12 months on it’s in a great place. Layered, with a finely textured mousse. Time in bottle and glass sees it resolved and out to play. Excellent mid-palate weight. Full of interest and intrigue with all of the development and textural refinement you would expect from a decent bottle of champagne at half the price! 60% Auxerrois, 20% Pinot Blanc an

$62

$59ea in any 3+

$56ea in any 6+

Raventós i Blanc ‘De la Finca’ 2019

Sparkling | Spain, Catalunya

Fruit for the De La Finca comes from the Vinya dels Fòssils. Situated on the highest terraces of the River Anoia with lower yields on thinner soil. Here we have a build in the depth and length. Sophisticated fine and long, complex with mid-palate layering. An entrancing perfume at play with edgy, salinity and a fine mousse. Subtle power and delicacy. The extra time on lees in bottle, 30 months, shows with a seamless harmony, richness and a little autolysis character. The fruit weight is balan

$88

$84ea in any 3+

$80ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Terrers’ Brut Nature 2019

Xarel-lo | Spain, Catalunya

Enticing set of aromas & perfume showing their indigenous grape varieties and the complexity of the blend they offer. Beautiful mousse and fine textured phenolics harmonised by time on lees with excellent mid-palate weight. Phenolics are superb with a complex array of flavours, savoury, saline, earthy, a little rose. Almond and marzipan with a balancing, cleansing silvery bitterness. Beautifully balanced for 0g/l dose showing wonderful generosity of expression yet elegance. Woody herbs at pl

$94

$90ea in any 3+

$86ea in any 6+

Rainoldi Nebbiolo Brut Rosé 2018

Rosé | Valtellina, Inferno

First released in 1980! Cracking 'Metodo Classico' fizz from Valtellina! I've had some solid sparkling Nebbiolo from Piedmont before. None quite like this! When this was poured for me I had no expectations and ended up having a WOW! moment. Made from Chiavennasca 92% A.K.A Nebbiolo, Pignola 4%, Rossola 4%. Excellent texture and mousse, light salmon colour with a red fruit down the raspberry line, superb acid, balancing alow dose. Very sophisticated. A play of light woody herbs, rose, fa

$95

$90ea in any 3+

$85ea in any 6+

Bruno Giacosa Spumante 2019

Pinot Noir | Lombardy, Italy

Bruna Giacosa persists with her father’s interest in producing a very small batch sparkling wine in most good vintages, a Blanc de Noirs made in methode Champenois and aged on lees for between 2-3 years. Though a curio even in the storied history of Giacosa, it is a wine steeped in historical significance for the winery. An avid lover of the great house Champagnes, Giacosa sought to create his own ‘metodo classico’ that was distinctly Italian stylistically. In the early 1980s, the modern

$107

$102ea in any 3+

$97ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat 'Intens' Rosat Brut Nature 2019

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Intens’ Rosat Brut Nature 2019

Monastrell | Spain, Catalunya

A little quality reduction on opening lifts quickly offering up a savoury gastronomic wine. A little smokiness plays with red fruits & pomegranate. Blood iodine & a faint lick of fresh roast beetroot. Subtle, finessed & delicate with excellent mid-palate weight, length & balance. Violets coming through on the empty glass. Wonderful fine texture. Excellent fine phenolics from 6 hours of skin contact add a playful grip to a seamless mousse. I’ve said it before, Rosé is a be

$110

$105ea in any 3+

$100ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Serral del Vell’ Brut Nature 2017

Monastrell | Spain, Catalunya

Higher elevation and shift in soil offer a more vertical and mineral style. Xarel-Lo’s gentle bitterness is a perfect balancing agent where acid may be more prominent in Champagne, a lacing of phenolics and elegant bitterness work beautifully in Recaredo’s Corpinnats. Again the oxidative bruised apple and Vino di Pasto cereal flavours come out to play with green leafy herbs. There’s loads of energy and tension as fragrant and perfumed notes come out to play. Beautifully textured

$136

$131ea in any 3+

$126ea in any 6+

Rainoldi ‘Cuvée Maria Vittoria’ Nebbiolo Rosé Nature 2016

Blend | Valtellina, Inferno

First released in 1980! Rainoldi's top sparkling 'Cuvée Maria Vittoria' is a 0 dose blend of Chiavennasca 92% A.K.A Nebbiolo, Pignola 4%, Rossola 4%. The base sparkling wine rests in steel tanks until the spring following the harvest. After the tirage or second fermentation, the wine is aged in bottle for at least 60 months. Vineyards in the municipalities of Ponte in Valtellina and Teglio at 500-730m above sea level NOTE on the 2018 Brut Rosé Cracking 'Metodo Classico' fizz from V

$137

$130ea in any 3+

$123ea in any 6+

Recaredo Corpinnat 'Turó d'en Mota' Brut Nature 2009

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Turó d’en Mota’ Brut Nature 2009

Monastrell | Spain, Catalunya

Incredible! Toasty development shows on opening quickly making way for an energetic perfume as the wine opens beautifully freshening and building energy. Excellent length and depth. Quite delicious, wonderful chalky, phenolic, texture graced by a cleansing bitter line. The mousse is complete and seamless. Subtle cereal character akin to a great Vino di Pasto. The core of flavour has a transparency and delicacy complexed by fresh green and woody. Such is the importance of this gastronomic wine

$415

$400ea in any 3+

$385ea in any 6+