SOUMAH Crescent Moon Methode Traditionelle 2020

Base wine is a blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay. Aged on lees for 4 years and disgorged in July 2024. Sitting between brut and extra brut. The wine opens with white apple flesh and lemon juice. Almond biscotti and self raising flour, some tactile lime sherbert zing and a milkiness to the long finish. A fine bead to the shiny crystal bubbles that gather, steadily climbing up the glass. This is very fresh and biting in its crunch of green apple energy. It speaks of Yarra Valley and of the careful deliberate dictation of SOUMAH. Drink now with julienne of apple and plump seared scallops.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

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.

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