Delamere Blanc de Blancs 2018
- 95
- $70
- Drink by: 2026-2028
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Sourced from the oldest blocks of Chardonnay planted at Delamere, it brings an air of complexity and elegance that raises it above the sparkling pack. With bass notes in almond bread, baked quince and striking honeyed gingerbread notes, it strikes out in flavours that combine the honeysuckle and citrus blossom floral with grapefruit, lemon and quince. Autolysis is definitely a part of the layers, subtle and a little savoury, with notes of rockpool and oyster shell. Acidity, as always, remains alive and super fresh as it reaches its eighth year.
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.
