Champagne Christian Péligri Brut 2018
- 92
- $90
- Drink by: 2023-2027
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A stand-out in the new Péligri releases available in Australia, the 2018 Brut brings the complexity and individual character you expect from a vintage hailed as exceptional by some wine critics. Time on lees has amassed a depth of almond meal, Nice biscuit, quince, nectarine, stone fruits and citrus aromas that are very inviting. Lively on the palate with bright acidity and drive, it forges through led by Meyer lemon, grapefruit pith and layers of toasty, biscuity, nutty flavour support. While some Péligri releases are noticeably on the sweeter side, this presents dry, allowing the vintage and quality fruit to shine with overall good intensity and length.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
