WTN: 2005 Taltarni Tache
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:24 pm
We've been buying this Australian sparkling wine on and off for a decade or so now, and have always found it consistently dry with a fresh, little quinine-like bitterness to the dusty fruit. The wine is typically a pale tawny pink--almost beige, and I used to pay $15ish for it.
Well, something happened. The pendulum has swung in the dead-opposite direction. This Tache isn't the Tache we knew--it's a vivid shade of pink and the flavor is super-fruity, bright and strawberry almost-sweet. It's become an outbacked Cerdon de Bugey. As such it's allright, but a total disappointment and overpriced at $20.
Well, something happened. The pendulum has swung in the dead-opposite direction. This Tache isn't the Tache we knew--it's a vivid shade of pink and the flavor is super-fruity, bright and strawberry almost-sweet. It's become an outbacked Cerdon de Bugey. As such it's allright, but a total disappointment and overpriced at $20.