Champagne Christian Péligri Rosé Brut NV

A blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, this non-vintage rosé arrives in attractive shades of deep cranberry-red cherry. It’s a welcoming start to a cheery, easy drinking rosé that brings plenty of sweet notes and summer berry freshness to the glass. Two years on lees have delivered red cherry, wild strawberry scents with Brazil nut and macaroon notes. Malolactic fermentation heightens the approachability of the Champagne with a creamy texture as the palate highlights fresh summer berries, musk, boiled lolly confection and macaroon. There is a notable sweetness – 9g/L dosage – that immediately presents options for the drinker. It can be enjoyed well-chilled as an aperitif or, better still, match it to a dessert that highlights the summer fruits brightness.

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