Sparkling wine from South Africa has come along way in the last 15 years. This Jacques Bruere, Brut Reserve, 2013 shows how good it can be. There’s a freshness znd ziggyness to it, lots of fruit, peach, grapefruit, lemon and balanced acidity. Pair it with seafood or just enjoy with friends. At £15 a bottle it’s great value.
Peterlongo, Privilege, Brut, Brazil
Can you make decent sparkling wine in Brazil? well this one from Peterlongo makes a good stab at it.
Its not what you would call elegant or refined. Its a dry, medium bodied sparkling. There’s plenty of flavour in there although not much aroma wise. There’s masses of lemon, with hints of pineapple and peach with a yeasty background.
Its not bad and better than lots of Proseccos but I would go for a french cremant such as one from Bouvet Ladubay.
Yep a sparkling from Brazil, a chardonnay from that well known wine mecca, Serra Gaucha in Brazil. So whats it like.
Its clean looking, straw colour with a fresh apple aroma and hints of citrus and minerals. Its pretty high in acidity and the flavour is more fruit driven than the champagne brioche. Its quite light in both flavour and in texture and very dry. It reminds me of some of the english sparkling wines in Suffolk and Norfolk.
Drink on its own or with fish or chicken. This got 89 points at the Decanter World Wine Awards and that’s spot on.
Garibaldi Chardonnay Brut, Brazil