NZ Sparkling Flashcards
Quick History
Not only Trad grapes but also ……
Original Rgn
How today’s main rgn came about
1956 1st Trad Meth - Little interest
1970s Semi Sweet Carbonated Hybrids (Cold Duck + Poulet Poulet)
Some experimentation with Muller-Thurgau but little success
1971 Saleks 1st Serious Trad Meth for commercial sale
1980s Confidence grows. Quality Trad, Trans + Tank. Inc use Chard + PN
Largely Hawkes Bay + Gisborne BUT warm =Ripe =Full Flav but Lo Acid Lack finesse + Complex
1981 Lindauer Brut Cuvée Trad Meth Hawkes Bay + Gisborne - Huge success
1980s Marlborough - NE corn N. Island - Cooler - Start become home Quality Trad Meth Spkl capable Finesse + Complexity
2013 Methode Marlborough est by 10 founding producers
2000 Mount Riley Sparkle Sauv B, not much prodn
2008 SB Glut - Lindauer Spkl SB - takes off big time
Méthode Marlborough?
Some Key members? Small + Big?
2013 Méthode Marlborough est by 10 Founding Members
Focus - Quality only using Chard, PN + Meunier grown in Marlborough
Trad Meth + Min 18mo Lees
Family - Hunters, Tohu, Nautilus
Big - Pernod Richard - Deutz + Brancott Est
Where else does Hi quality Trad Meth come from?
Give an example
Central Otago
Quartz Reef
Marlborough Climate Soils Area + Varietal split Producer grape sufficiency?
Cool Maritime + Dry Sunny Summers + Long sunlight hrs (Latitude) = Ripe with Hi Acid / Lo Sugar
Soils Most Free Drain Sand + Gravel - Some PN grown in cool Clay
Area - 25k ha 3k PN / 2k Chard / 19k Sauv B + a little Meunier
Small prods mostly self sufficient / Large prod Grow + Buy in
Vini
All types
Trad Meth Styles made?
Quality - Trad Meth + some Transfer
Biggest - Make In House
Smaller - Make base wine -> Contractor for Tirage -> wine maker 2nd Ferm + ageing -> Contractor for Dosage
Many faithful to Cork but Diamant making inroads
Styles - NV, Vint*, Blanc de Blancs
* Little Vint so normally = ext lees + act as Prestige Cuvée- Some to 5yrs
e.g. Hunters Mira Mira Reserve 3yrs lees
Simple - Tank + Carbonate
Many Spkl Sauv Blanc Screw Cap e.g. Villa Maria
Market size Expt Markets Reason recent prodn decline? Big producers Small Producers
Yr to Jun’16 - 1.7m bottles
Most Expt Aus + UK
BIG - By far! Lion - Lindauer + Le Brun
Pernod Ricard- Deutz + Brancott Est
LVMH - Cloudy Bay Pelorus
Delegat - Oyster Bay - All Tank
Small - Hunters - 1st vines 1979 - Multi award winning
Also Tohu, Nautilus both Family owned
NZ Sparkle problem - Caught in Trap Cava + Prosecco = recent decline
