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TOHU REWA BLANC de BLANCS MÉTHODE TRADITIONNELLE 2017

Product Code: 5967
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Style: Sparkling
Variety: Méthode Traditionnelle

Closure: Cork
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 12.0%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay

Original price was: $42.99.Current price is: $37.99.

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The 2017 Rewa Blanc de Blancs is a 100% Chardonnay Methode. The wine spent an incredible 72 months on yeast lees (the minimum for champagne is 15 months) creating a wine packed full of lovely toasty biscuity notes and a complex, lengthy finish. Drinking superbly well right now, you won't need a special occasion to justify opening this beauty!

Winery notes (2017 Vintage)
"This traditionally made wine displays lifted aromas of bright citrus fruit, crisp fresh apples and refined touches of brioche and toasted hazelnut. Extended lees aging in the bottle has resulted in a wine that displays a fine, persistent bead and rich, creamy mousse. Finely balanced with a touch of minerality, this wine leads to an elegant, long and crisp dry finish.

The Chardonnay grapes for this méthode traditionnelle are carefully handpicked before being lightly pressed at our modern winery. Pressings and free-run juices are initially kept separate before being racked clear to a temperature controlled stainless steel tank for the primary fermentation. After a long cool ferment the resulting wine is then warmed and undergoes full malolactic fermentation while aging in tank on yeast lees. The tirage (or bottling) of the base wine with yeast causes the wine to undergo a secondary yeast fermentation in the bottle – which creates the bubbles. Once the secondary ferment was complete the bottles were then put to rest for an extended 72 months on their lees in a temperature controlled warehouse before disgorging in May 2024. At disgorgement the lees are riddled from the bottle before topping, corking, then labelling. The wine was then held a further 5 months before release."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, November 2024 (2017 Vintage)
"Aromas of citrus, a fine autolysis development and bottle ageing complexities, a showcase of butter brioche and croissant, oatmeal and white spice. Complex and dry as the wine touches the palate, perfectly balanced with core citrus and white peach flavours set against a backbone of acidity and fine lees qualities. Delicious aperitif style with best drinking from day of purchase through 2030."

*Note for courier freight – 12 bottle freight rate applies for up to each 6 bottles – we will contact you if applicable.

We provide a door to door delivery service nationwide. Delivery charges are calculated on a 12 bottle case or part there of.

Delivery charges are calculated during the checkout process based off your address post code. Please ensure you choose the correct post code. We will advise you if you have chosen the incorrect post code.

You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

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If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $6 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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