Tahbilk 2015 ‘Coueslant’ Marsanne Tahbilk 2016 Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre Normally $25.95 Normally $27.95 Exclusive$23.35 Exclusive$25.15 12.5% Alcohol | Enjoy Now to 2023/2025 14.5% Alcohol | Enjoy Now to 2024/2026 Produced following the traditional méthode “This 14.5% alcohol GSM blend is excellent value and would champenoisemethod, our ‘Coueslant’ Marsanne go well with lamb koftas. It is purple-tinted crimson and has releases are fermented twice, firstly in tank before berry pastille scents and juicy mulberry front-palate flavour. being bottled with the addition of theexpédition Briar, black pepper, cloves and cedary oak meld on the middle liqueur(sweet liquid) and yeast and allowed to palate and the finish has earthy tannins.” ferment a second time - it is the secondary John Lewis | Newcastle Herald fermentation in bottle that makes the delicious bubbles. The wine is then cellared in contact with the Tahbilk 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon fermentation yeast for 24 months for added complexity before disgorging, topped with liqueur, Normally $22.75 sealed and labelled. Exclusive$20.50 Drawing solidly from its Marsanne soul, this 14.0% Alcohol | Enjoy Now to 2028/2032 finished sparkling is a wonderful aperitif style with a bouquet of lemon, lime and pear and a background “Tahbilk has a long history of age-worthy red wines, all complexity of bready brioche. Superb on its own or AVAILABLE END OF from their extensive vineyards in the Goulburn Valley with triple cream brie and smoked salmon. APRIL subregion of Nagambie Lakes. This is a very attractive Dalfarras 2019 Prosecco Cabernet which is deep in blackberry and violet-like cabernet aromas and flavours. The palate is full-bodied and Normally $18.35 intense, powerful and lingering. Oak has been sensitively Exclusive$16.50 handled and is in balance with the rich fruit. It’s very good 11.5% Alcohol | Enjoy Now to 2021/2023 value and has ageing potential as well as ready-drinking qualities. Drink now to 20 years.” The ‘Prosecco’ debate rages on. The Italians want Huon Hooke | Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine to claim the name as their own, as the French did with Champagne and Burgundy. The grape variety Tahbilk 2016 Shiraz is Prosecco - Champagne and Burgundy were only ever regional locations – so we in Australia see no Normally $22.75 reason that it can’t labelled as such, Exclusive$20.50 notwithstanding that in pursuit of their claim for 14.0% Alcohol | Enjoy Now to 2028/2032 ownership our Italian friends renamed the varietal as Glera! The last I heard was the option to label “An absolute no-brainer for consistency, reliability and our Aussie releases as ‘Australian Prosecco’ which cellaring potential. Tahbilk’s winemaking now has this range may be a suitable compromise. as approachable in youth as it will be in 10 years’ time. What of the Dalfarras Prosecco itself? Made Regional eucalypt and mint with blood orange, yellow and without secondary fermentation - CO2 is dosed in purple plum halves and cooking chocolate buttons. during packaging – the characters are not as Sprinklings of pepper, spices and cedary oak. A lighter than complex as méthode champenoise, with zesty and expected frame, with a creamy black fruit smear that fresh floral aromas on a bright and vivacious palate AVAILABLE disappears fast before cracked pepper, spice and lithe of citrus and green apple fruits, and a delicate END OF sparkling bead. Did I hear someone say Aperol? APRIL tannins take over. A snappy and spicy Shiraz.” www.vinonotebook.com 04 www.tahbilk.com.aufollow@TahbilkWineryfollow@TahbilkWineryfollow@TahbilkWineryjohnpurbrick@tahbilk.com.authe same and you need it more!’ Two new releases to more than satisfy that premise! To paraphrase, ‘We should drinksparklingwine indefeat as well as in victory, it tastes And so they say …