Salatin Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Brut Millesimato 2021

A Prosecco of genuine class and refinement from the Veneto, the Italian home of the grape. The term millesimato refers to the vintage, 2021, with EU law stating that the wine must be at least 85% of the year stated. Expect a youthful vibrancy in the glass. Leads with lifted aromas of white flowers, honeysuckle, green apple and zesty citrus sorbet. This is a most refined style of prosecco, a world away from some of the cheap and cheerfuls bursting onto the market, and capitalising on the incredible growth in the sparkling category in this country. It fills the mouth with flavour, a fine line of bright acidity guiding the crunchy, lemony and apple fruit and filling out the middle-palate with sparkling textural appeal.

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