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1083 Golconda Road
Lebrina Tasmania Australia
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2019 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé Tyson Stelzer Wine Business Monthly Aug-Sep 2022 96 Points
2019 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut Huon Hooke The Real Review Oct 2022 95 Points
2019 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé Angus Hughson Wine Pilot Aug-Sep 2022 95 Points
2017 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut Huon Hooke The Real Review 2 February 2022 95 Points
2021 Apogee Alto Pinot Gris Tyson Stelzer Wine Business Monthly Jan-Feb 2022 95 Points
2020 Apogee Alto Pinot Noir Huon Hooke The Real Review 2 February 2022 95 Points
2016 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut James Halliday Weekend Australian November 2020 97 Points
2018 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé Mike Bennie Wine Business Monthly Jul-Aug 2021 95 Points
2016 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé Tyson Stelzer Australian Sparkling Wine Report
2020 96 Points
& his Best Australian Sparkling Rosé of 2020
2015 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut Huon Hooke The Real Review 24 May 2019 95 points
2014 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé Tyson Stelzer The Australian Sparkling Wine Report 2018 95 Points
2016 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé Mike Bennie The Winefront 21 April 2019 93 Points
2014 Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut James Halliday Wine Companion August 2020 96 Points
"Try to find sparkling wines from Australia's Tasmania Island. You'll be impressed, I promise. Maybe even astonished at the degree of refinement and sheer—dare I say it?—Champagne-like elegance of Tasmania sparkling wine." Matt Kramer, Wine Spectator, USA.
TASTING NOTES
September 2022
Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut 2019
100% Single vineyard (Chardonnay 63 %, Pinot Noir 21%, Fromenteau 13%, Pinot Meunier 3%) 12.9% alc/vol.
Slightly above average temperature year with about normal rainfall and a dry finish during grape ripening has delivered excellent flavour style and intensity. Harvest date 26 March 2019. Tiraged 22 December 2019, 30 months on lees. “Pale green gold hue, the bouquet has white flower aromas, complex oyster shell, spiced strawberry brioche and impressive mid-palate fullness followed by a long finish.” The big news with this wine is that the Chardonnay component is the highest in our history at 63% which delivers finesse in warmer years.
Apogee Deluxe Vintage Rosé 2020
100% Single vineyard. Alc.13.2% (Pinot Noir 75% (Clones 777,115, 521) Chardonnay 17%, Pinot Meunier 8%). Harvest date 1 April 2020 followed a cool autumn with intermittent rainfall. Delicate copper pink, a deep, complex bouquet of raspberry, strawberry preserve with summer flowers, minerals and very delicate but intense palate with lingering berry fruits. Mid- body after the full 2019, with excellent freshness on finish. ; rich and balanced palate, cherry liqueur, raspberry compote, and salty, minerally apple. A touch of coffee from the oak. Fuller body than average with rich mid-palate and a dry finish. Elegant and intense with a long finish.
Apogee Alto Pinot Gris 2022
100% Single vineyard. Alc. 13.5 %. 100% Pinot Gris Clone D1V7. A coolish season but an excellent late ripening boost from mild sunny days. Late harvest on 13 April 2022. Thirty % aged-oak ferments, 30% malolactic fermentation. The palate is full, rich on mid-palate with good acidic tension on finish and very mild tannins on the finish. Very typical APOGEE aromatics with complex pear, fragrant florals with rose, musk and chalky minerals . Will age well and equally drinks deliciously now The palate is full, rich on mid-palate and mild tannins on the finish. Will age well and equally drinks deliciously now.
Apogee Alto Pinot Noir 2021
Only our early maturing Dijon clones (Pinot Noir clones 777 and115) go into this wine. A dry, cool season. Harvested 12 April 2021. Exceptional alcohol for this cool site of 14.2%. 100% French oak. Bigger than 2020, deep ruby with brooding earthy aromas, not obvious oak and a mix of savoury notes and red berry preserve in the Burgundy tradition. The palate is round, rich with long sweet fruit flavours and fresh acidity, mid- tannins on finish. This is our biggest and most complex Pinot Noir so far and needs time to develop. Drink 2023-2028.
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