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Taste it Again: Colio 2004 Lily – Blanc de Noir

Read the original review from December 2007 here (BOLD)

(August 8, 2014) … For a sparkling made in the Cuvee Close (charmat) method, I have to admit to being a little leery about tasting it at 10 years of age.  But wasn’t I pleasantly surprised when it proved to be a most interesting specimen.  There was no doubt you could tell it was aged and funky on the nose with aromas I don’t normally associate with sparkling wine … sweet orangeade smells filled the nose, which coincidentally matched the colour; palate had a sort of sweet and sour note, while once again not being typical was interesting … Not sure this would ever be the first bottle I reached for to celebrate an occasion, but it sure proved to be a fascinatingly sippable wine … For the first half hour anyway.