Riversdale Estate Brut Reserve NV
- 92
- $45
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Made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier. 36 months on lees prior to disgorging. The wine envelopes you in orchard apples, baked peach and grated lemon skin before diving into its edible autolysis delights. Roasted hazelnuts, sugared palmiers and butterscotch fingers. It’s rich in flavour, persistence and with a direct line of refreshing acidity. Excellent value for a sparkling win that leads with fruit, beguiled with roasted nuts and ends with merry celebration. Could easily see you from start of meal to end but I would go for centre cut pork chops, browned butter and root vegetables for a wonderful way to showcase this Sparkling.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
