Clover Hill 2003 – Pipers River [Tasmania]
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Clover Hill [Pipers River – Tasmania] 2003 13%
Of all the places in Australia, Adelaide hills, Yarra Valley and Tasmania are the best places to produce sparkling. Where would I buy my sparkling from? Probably Tasmania. It’s just blessed with the best climate. End of story.
Clover Hill is a Pipers River sparkling producer who also dabbles in some red table wines. Or it could be the other way around. They dabble in sparkling wine producer because for the price, this sparkling was a little lacklustre.
I guess I was expecting a Janz-esque quality and style. This is made from the age old traditional blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Apparently it’s had partial barrel fermentation but I couldn’t really detect anything pass the lifted red apple and biscuit base nose. It’s fresh, wirey with a reasonable amount of zing. Probably not zingy enough for my liking. I want to taste ZING dammit!
Oh yeah, and the ending was a little alcoholic for something at 13%.
Overall, a pricy foray of a Tasmanian sparkling, given the second chance I’ll stick with their table wines.
