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Spring has come and some floral wines would be perfect for the season. Here are 4 floral wines for you and let’s enjoy the spring in a blossomy style.
Perrier-Jouët – Grand Brut NV
Perrier-Jouët, also known as “Flowers of Paris” in Chinese, was founded in 1811 by Pierre Nicolas Perrier and his wife Rose Adelaïde (Adele) Jouët. They combined their family names and started the later world-famous Champagne brand.
Apart from its romantic origin, the brand also has a strong relationship with arts. We can always see artistic floral prints on their bottles and packagings, making each of its Champagne a piece of art from inside out.
To understand Perrier-Jouët, we can start with their Grand Brut NV, which is fruity with medium level of acidity. Together with its eye-catching packaging and wine label, it seizes the hearts of wine lovers around the world.
Pyramid Valley－Angel Flower Pinot Noir 2020
Pyramid Valley is a New Zealand winery with a strong belief in Biodynamics: its wine-making process obeys the principles of nature and its production is low. Their wine labels are painted with flowers, which in fact are the weeds grown on each farms. Pyramid Valley keeps the weeds on their vineyards on purpose, which can enhance the microorganism bio-diversity in the soils and thus provide the necessary energy/nutrients to the plants. Also, the weeds can hold the soils to reduce erosion. They even name the farms after the “weeds”, including Earth smoke, Angel Flower, Lion’s Tooth and Field of Fire. One of the farms Earth Smoke, for example, is planted with Fumitory, which will become beautiful crimson colour flowers when mature. Their leaves grow from the land at dawn just like rising smoke, inspiring the owners to name the farm as Earth Smoke.
Pyramid Valley Angel Flower Pinot Noir 2020 with the aromas that are difficult to place, cherry pastries, wild forest in the summer, red clover, lavender fields. Autumn raspberries, early season red cherries, blood orange, hints of clove and nutmeg, and the warmth of summer berries, pastry and a savoury twist from the forest; long graceful and powerful.
Jim Barry – The Florita Clare Valley Riesling 2019
Certain names resonate strongly within Australian wine history and Jim Barry is one of them – as they helped shape South Australia’s Clare Valley as a benchmark producer of world class Riesling and cemented it as one of Australia’s premier wine regions. Founded in 1959, Jim Barry Wines is still family owned and is currently ran by the 3rd generation.
Florita, which is Spanish for ‘little flower’ – a reference to the sherry flor (or flower), the film of yeast that covers the dry flor sherry as it matures in its ullaged casks. The famous Riesling vineyard was planted by Leo Buring in 1962 and the first release of this micro-batch of premium Riesling was in 2004. It was the fruit of years of patience.
Jim Barry The Florita Clare Valley Riesling 2019 is a wine with intense aromas of rose water, lime and hints of freshly cut Nashi pear. It delivers laser focussed acidity and crisp lime juice at its core and shows all the hallmarks of a youthful but restrained Florita Riesling. Pure with a long, citrus finish.
Unlike the usual German Riesling, this wine is in dry, refreshing style, which is the perfect choice to freshen up yourself in the muggy Spring!
Suavia – Soave Classico 2021
A simple yet beautiful flower sketch on the wine label tells the world how easy-going Suavia Soave Classico really is. It is fresh, fruity and easy-to-drink and the winery suggests to enjoy this Italian white casually in flowered terraces on spring nights, or in bars with umbrellas along with friends.
To have this easy-to-drink Suavia Soave Classico made is not at all easy though. Suavia is operated by the Tessari sisters. The trio insists on making whites, not blending and only using 2 indigenuous grapes in the territory: Garganega & Trebbiano di Soave. Uniquely amazing terroir combined with the sisters’ persistence to following traditions has won the acclaims from media and wine critics over the years.
After getting to know the above special “floral” wines, do you have more wine-tasting ideas for this spring? Let us know!