The Whitetail Sparkling Chardonnay has flavours of marzipan, biscuit and brioche are mixed with fruitier flavours of pear, green apple and lemon curd. On the palate is where all the magic happens. Being made from 100% Chardonnay gives the sparkling wine both freshness and complexity of flavours. The palate is pleasant and dry. Flavours of fresh granny smith apple and ripe pear melts away leaving lingering vanilla cream and brioche flavours. The 4 years 'on tirage' when the wine was maturing in bottle on it's yeast lees gives the wine a silky, elegant mouthfeel, balancing the acidity and giving the wine a lingering finish.

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Margaret River - from the Clairault Streicker Vineyard located on Henry Road in the Wilyabrup sub region.

We make our sparkling chardonnay following the French "methode traditionelle" practice, which produces those glorious fine bubbles from a secondary fermentation step which occurs in the very bottle that you are sipping from! The aim with making a sparkling white is to produce an elegant, crisp and refined bubbly wine which is totally moreish. From handpicking the grapes when the flavours are in the greener spectrum of granny smith apple and lemons, to gently pressing the whole bunches, then fermenting the wine in tank, then bottling the wine adding the extra yeast and to create those glorious bubbles, then leaving the wine "on tirage" when it stays maturing on it's yeast lees to add a creamier texture to the wine for the next 4 years. Then finally, the last step in the sparkling winemaking process which is the disgorging process to remove the yeast lees from the bottle, topping the bottle back up with wine and popping a cork into the top of bottle.

Whitetail is named after the Whitetail black cockatoos which visit our farm regularly during the year to drink and feed. They arrive in large flocks in late Winter to early Spring which is the best time to see them feeding on seeds growing in the vineyard rows between the vines. We are very passionate about providing habitat on our farm for wildlife, particularly endangered birds such as these majestic Whitetail Carnaby and Baudin black cockatoos.
'Blanc de Blancs' is a French champagne term which translates to' White from White' which in fact means that this sparkling wine is made from a white grape, Chardonnay, and it is a 100% Chardonnay.

This wine has a creamy, but also light bodied mouthfeel, so the recommendation is to pair with dishes of similar texture. Using our wine sensory garden affinity beds as inspiration, flavours pairings are citrusy flavours like orange and lemon, sage, thyme, quince, melon, and marjoram. Thinking of celebrations, it pairs beautifully with oysters, tapas canapes, seafood bites, anything really that goes with a special occasion before dinner!