Howard Park Jeté Premier Brut NV

Medium yellow, bright colour. Complex smoky, toasty and rubbery notes with roasted hazelnut chiming in. It’s rich and full in the mouth, soft and balanced, superbly harmonious and long, with beautiful texture and completeness. Absolutely nails a serious but accessible NV style.

Winemaker Jeff Burch has put a lot into his sparkling wines and it really is starting to pay dividends. It’s made from chardonnay and gets time in oak before 24 months on yeast lees to develop that sparkling wine complexity.”

Light lemon gold colour with plentiful fast moving bubbles. Meringue, sea spray, warm apple, light grapefruit and lemon citrus, frangipane blossom, stone fruit skin and light brioche. Tight, fine and playful. An easy structure with super clean lines and a soft, pillowy mousse. A well balanced aperitif style.

Mid-yellow colour, with a pungent, richly mellow-developed bouquet with attractive complexity due in part to aged wine in the blend. Toasted bread, roasted nuts. The finish is dry and clean, low in sweetness and refreshing on the aftertaste. This has length, too.

A creamy, nicely complex sparkling with aromas of pears, apples, pastries, honey and praline. Fine, integrated bubbles and bright acidity. All in balance.

Vibrant mousse and persistent bead, looks the goods in the glass. Lifted, fragrant aromas of just-ripe stone fruit, lemon rind and toast. Flavours are rich and focused, toasty brioche, citrus and a creamy mouth-feel, smart length, dry and complex.

A blanc de blancs with fruit from Pemberton and Mount Barker. A superfine aperitif style with plenty of fine bead, a wave of citrus flavours and spice led by racy acidity. Refreshing? Absolutely and stopping at one glass, impossible.