About Me

I live in the tropical state of Queensland in Australia and I have been married for over 43 years to my wonderful husband. We have two grown-up daughters and two grandsons and a very bossy granddaughter I was born in England, brought up in Nigeria on the West coast of Africa, then my parents emigrated to Australia in 1970 and brought me with them! Hubby and I are owned by a cat and a dog - and love reading, socialising and travelling.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Yarrabank Late Disgorged 1999

I am not a huge fan of "bubbles" much to my husbands horror. I find that I just don't have the hang of appreciating the stuff.

However, there are a few I love - and this is one of them. Made to the "Methode Traditionelle" it spent seven years on lees.

A straw colour - there is a yeasty sweet nose of apple bun - but it is not a sweet wine to taste. There is little acid so it slips down just fine - crisp and creamy with out the overpowering yeasty taste that many sparkling wines have. There are lots of tiny little bubbles that just seem to keep on going - too me half and hour to sip and appreciate my glass and those bubbles just kept on going on :) The winery it comes from is Yearing Station in the Yarra Valley of Victoria.




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