Delamere 2024 Flyleaf Rosé

This might just be the most fun wine in Shane Holloway and Fran Austin’s impressive range of premium Delamere wines from the Pipers River region in the far north of Tasmania. If you like your rosés sweet then this is not for you. If, however, your taste is for pale, savoury and textural rosés then this will hit the spot. Flyleaf is the entry-level range for Delamere, using estate and grower pinot noir fruit here, and it can offer excellent value. The pinot gris is also very good. This is thoroughly modern, with fresh apple and red berry flavours and a crispness designed for immediate enjoyment. Pair it with a picnic, a Caesar salad, or maybe a Lebanese mezze plate. $35. https://www.delamerevineyards.com.au/  

Bangor Vineyard 2016 Late Disgorged Blanc de Blanc

 

What a delightfully elegant sparkling wine from the historic family-owned Bangor property at Dunalley on the Tasman Peninsula, just over half an hour from Hobart. Made from 100% chardonnay grapes, this is impressively youthful with its pale colour, bright line of acid and crisp lemon sherbet fruit flavours. The grapes were hand-picked and the juice spent over six years on yeast lees for palate presence before being bottled. The crispness, vibrancy and sea spray notes allied to citrus and green apple flavours on the palate make this a terrific aperitif style. $110. https://bangorshed.com.au/