2018 The Hunt for Mrs Oliver Fiano Sparkling LD

Region

McLaren Vale

Winemaker

Corrina Wright

Winemaking

Vegan friendly

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

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

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

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 those extra years on lees, and a new label design, we are thrilled to be able to offer this tiny batch Fiano Sparkling to our customers.

Colour

Straw

Alcohol

12%