Sidewood Cassandra Blanc de Blancs 2018
- 95
- $70
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The Cassandra is classically 100% Dijon clone Chardonnay from the Sidewood Oakbank estate vineyards, at first fermented in French oak hogsheads for under a year before second ferment and 5-6 years maturation in bottle. Vintage conditions can have a surprising impact, sometimes prompting extrovert characters or in this case a quite subtle personality. There’s a lovely, delicate gingery note to the Chardonnay, oak showing a light touch, while a house styled tonic bitterness remains in place as well. The wine is tightly coiled at the moment, poised and inviting, acidity and flavours in balance which bodes well for a more expressive future.
Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au
