Strelley Farm Estate Pet Nat Rose NV

Tasmania just keeps on punching out excellent and curiously different wines. Here is another.

COLOUR

Cloudy purple/pink.

AROMA

Exotic notes of papaya, tangerine, and pomegranate. Smells like hot nights on a beach in Hawaii.

PALATE

Zesty and alive with bold flavours dancing across the palate: the first pick of slightly unripe strawberries, the skin of a fuzzy yellow peach and a freshly baked brioche, hot from the bakery. A fine bead carries bright tropical flavours across the palate with a long, juicy finish.

CELLARING

Best enjoyed within 24 months of release.

Pét-nat or pétillant naturel, which translates to ‘natural sparkling', is made using the methode ancestrale technique. It is the oldest method of making sparkling wine, dating back to the 16th century. It's made with one continuous fermentation. There's no addition of secondary yeasts or sugars – the fermenting juice is bottled and fermentation continues in the bottle. The CO2 (which comes from the yeast) is trapped, and causes bubbles to form in the wine.