Quartz Reef Méthode Traditionnelle Brut 2013 Wine Review

Quartz Reef Méthode Traditionnelle Brut 2013

Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Community Score:92/100

Community Reviews: 3

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Price: $80.00

Drink: 2019-2024

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 12.5%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Sparkling Wine

Winery: Quartz Reef

Agent: Amethyst Wine Agency Inc.

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Melanie Lloyd - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 94/100 with the following review:

Among my favourites at the event. A rich, opulent sparkling made from 91% Chardonnay and 9% Pinot Noir. Aromas of baked apple in a rich butter pastry, toasted almonds, lemon, and brioche. Creamy on the palate with many fine bubbles and flavours of lemon and almond with mineral notes. This would pair well with lobster or rich seafood. What a treat!

Tasted at the Pure Discovery New Zealand Wine event in Ottawa May 2019.

Simon Chen rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Tasted @ New Zealand Pure Discovery Walk-around Tasting in Ottawa - A solid 92+, and probably one of the best sparkling wines I've ever tasted from NZ. It's a blend of 72% Pinot Noir and 28% Chardonnay. Very nice toasty, bioche aromas on the nose. A touch sweetness on the front palate that makes the wine joyful and welcoming. Good lingering bubbles and not too dry and acidic.
Champagne quality but also champagne price ~~~

Carolyn Hetke rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

The 74/26 Pinot/Chardonnay blend on offer at the 2020 New Zealand Walk Around Tasting (Toronto) is definitely memorable. It took a moment to get past the boisterous bubbles to access the lovely apple orchard notes, accented in no small way by pear and pastry notes. But once you did you were treated to a rich, spicy total mouth-consuming experience. All that fruit, apple and ginger persisted through the very long finish. This one is begging for puff pastry canapés or roast pear in pastry appetizers. Tasted 5 May 2020 thewineloverskitchen.com.

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