Daosa Piccadilly Valley Natural Reserve 7th Release NV
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- $59
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Traditional method. 57% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 8% Pinot Meunier. This is mostly from the 2022 vintage, with reserve material from 2020 and 2021. 21 months on lees. This is fine and delicate aromatically to start, with a pretty lift of strawberry, green apple and fennel seed making way for richer notes of nectarine and salted pastry dough. The palate has lovely boney structure with a fine bead and vivid depth of flavour. Green apple, nectarine, fennel, lavosh cracker, and salted lemon are coiled within a tight, citrussy acid line and fine chalky grip curtailing the wine’s richness to a fresh and linear close. There’s a tantalising sea salt tang lingering through the length of the wine, too. This balances freshness and savoury complexity brilliantly.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
