Hunt for Mrs Oliver Fiano LD Sparkling
LIMITED RELEASE

2017 The Hunt for Mrs Oliver Fiano Sparkling LD

$90.00 / bottle

The ultimate testament to patience, this limited edition ‘The Hunt for Mrs Oliver’ Late Disgorged Fiano Sparkling spent years ageing quietly on yeast lees before being disgorged. The years impart incredible complexity and rich texture, creating a perfect balance between freshness and maturity. Another fitting tribute to Marjorie Oliver (nee Hunt), our flower loving grandmother and family matriarch. Every time we pop a bottle, we celebrate everything she is.

161 in stock

Specifications Reviews

Specifications

Region

Region

McLaren Vale

Winemaker

Winemaker

Corrina Wright

Winemaking

Winemaking

Vegan friendly

History

History

The Hunt for Mrs Oliver celebrates Marjorie Oliver (nee Hunt), our flower loving grandmother and family matriarch. Every time we pop a bottle, we celebrate everything she is.

Aroma

Aroma

Lemongrass, cut ruby grapefruit, buttered pine nut, toast, chalky powder note, mangosteen / lychee.

Palate

Palate

Complexity on the nose flows through to the palate, a super complete sparkling sitting right in its pocket. Cardomom spices, preserved lemon, bready yeasty notes. Generosity flowing from beginning to end as it flows across the taste buds. Soft bead carrying a lovely textural element and liveliness. Balanced sweetness carrying the back palate.

Wine & Vintage

Wine & Vintage

The Hunt for Mrs Oliver has been a passion project for our winemaker Corrina since 2016. Fuelled by her love of Champagne styles, the glorious Fiano varietal and its suitability to McLaren Vale, as well as some inspiring visits to the home of Fiano in Campania, Italy. Corrina teamed up with fizz making legend, Kate Laurie of Deviation Road wines to go on quite the adventure. The aim- to make a premium traditional method sparkling from Fiano. Méthode Traditionelle means that the wine is bottle fermented, so that the bubbles are all created by yeast in the bottle during a secondary fermentation. Fiano is not a traditional sparkling variety, like Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but it has a very high natural acidity which is key for sparkling winemaking. Thankfully, Corrina also had the foresight to leave (or maybe hide!) a tiny number of bottles, sitting quietly on yeast lees from that very first vintage, just to see what would happen. Time on yeast lees builds complexity and flavour in what was already a much sought after wine, while still maintaining bursting freshness. After 8 years on lees, and a new label design, we are thrilled to be able to offer this tiny batch to our customers.

Small Batch Production

Small Batch Production

250 bottles

Colour

Colour

Straw

Alcohol

Alcohol

12%

Reviews

While 2016 was a warmer vintage, 2017 was cool and wet. While both the recent late disgorged releases of this sparkling Fiano are delicious, it’s a wonderful chance to see the difference that time in bottle and vintage can have on traditional method sparkling wine. Oodles of cheesecloth and brine, a little flecked lemon leaf and curry spice. The palate is seashell abundant, zippy fiano acidity, and a memory of sea foam lingers. A little less multi-faceted and generous than 2016, but still delicious. While there is breadth on the palate, it’s more of a leaner fruit profile with lemon pith, lime zest, custard apple and crushed toasted cashew, toast and leaner fruit. The palate has a succulent long line of salinity, post-storm seashore. I’d love to see this with a little more time, and it should be a great food-pairing sparkler. 92 pts

- Cassandra Charlick

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