Pirie Estate Brut NV: seasonal wine of the day

Today’s seasonal treat is a palate cleansing Tassie fizz, Pirie Estate Brut NV, which is guaranteed to blow any cobwebs away.  At any rate, it blew me away when I first tasted it this summer.  Here’s my tasting note:

Pirie Estate Brut NV (Tasmania) – 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay, this is a stunning sparkler, yellow/bronze in the glass with a really fine, very persistent bead and inviting autolytic notes (biscuit/toast and sour dough) to the nose.  In the mouth it’s very finely honed, on the dry side, with calvados/bruised apples, ripe lemon and steely, grapefruity acidity.  Impressive, long, lingering, linear finish.  Top.  It’s stocked by Addison Wines, £17.77 and Flourish and Prosper £17.99