Champagne Christian Péligri Brut Tradition NV

Champagne Christian Péligri is a third-generation grower Champagne house. The name may not be familiar given traditionally it has sold its production on the French market, but now it is in Australia. Brut Tradition offers a generous, all-rounder style of Champagne, one that is ripe and sweet-fruited, led by Pinot Noir (80%) with Pinot Meunier (15%) and a sprinkling of Chardonnay (5%). Mid-gold in colour with a bouquet of buttered toast, citrus, peach and oyster shell. Shows some development on the palate, but nevertheless attractive in creamed honey, sweet lemon tart, yellow peach and biscuit, smooth with good bubbly persistence. A sturdy, plump Champagne with sweet notes (9g/L dosage) that is ready to be enjoyed now.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic