Wildman Wines Pet Nat Piggy Pop 2022 750ml

Visually this is great fun a bubbling disco for the eyes – as soon as you crack the crown cap it’s alive with effervescence. Aromas of orange peel, pomegranate and cranberry and the palate is a wild sorbet of cranberry with joyful pomegranate depth and plenty of raspberry froth. A little spicy jazz on the finish. I’ve never tasted a blend like it – Mataro, Nero d’Avola, Lagrein and Zibibbo. For lovers of pét-nat’s rugged magic, it’s a banger. Tim Wildman MW is producing some unique ideas when it comes to blending informality with excellence.

• Country: Australia
• Region: South Australia
• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol by Vol: 13.0%

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.