Bob Campbell: No.1 Cuvee Methode Traditionelle

BOB’S BEST BUYS  

Wine: No.1 Family Cuvee Assemblage Cuvee Marlborough Methode Traditionelle, $36  

 

Why I chose it:  

• French winemaker Daniel Le Brun and his family pioneered Methode winemaking in Marlborough and have made some of NZ’s best bottle-fermented sparkling wines – always with a French accent.  
• It’s a blend of three grape varieties; pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier.  
• It has been cellared for 3-5 years.  
• This is truly a truly stylish sparkler that offers great value at this price.
• Perfect Christmas wine – everyone will love it.
• If it survives Christmas, enjoy it on New Year’s Eve.

 

What does it taste like?  

It tastes like champagne with citrus, apple, and freshly baked baguette crust. It has a seductively creamy texture.  

 

Why it’s a bargain:  

It is one-third the price of good champagne but it is certainly not one-third the quality.  

 

Where can you buy it? 

• Whisky and More, Waikato $34.99 
• The Hamilton Beer and Wine Co $35.99  

 

Food match?  

Freshly shucked oysters            

 

Will it keep?  

A few years if stored well (write the date of purchase on the bottle) 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks at.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
B seventeen to eleven rather on Newstalks v in. Bob Campbell,
our master of Wine, has chosen his best buy for
us this week and it is his best buy for
the silly season for Christmas, and so naturally he's chosen
abubbly for us this morning. It is the number one
family couve assemblage Cove Marlborough Method Traditional for thirty six

(00:33):
dollars cal Bob, good morning, Good morning Jack. So why
did you go for this?

Speaker 3 (00:38):
Well, it's it's a special wine to celebrate Christmas, a
special time of the year, of course, and French winemaker
Daniel Lebrun and his family pioneered method wine making in
Marlborough and they've they've made some of New Zealand's very,
very best cment of sparkling wines. Always always the Kiwi wines,

(00:59):
essentially Kiwi wines, but they always to me have a
French slight French accent. Anyway, it's a blend of three
great varieties, Pino nois, chardonnay and pino mune, which is
unusual in New Zealand, but they're all permitted in the
Champagne region of France. It's been Cellard for three to
five years, so it's got a little bit of a

(01:19):
little bit of bottle age there. And this is truly
a stylish sparkler that offers really great value at the price.
Why is it the perfect Christmas wine? Because everybody loves
it and if it survives Christmas, you can always enjoy
it in New Year's Eve. Very good.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
So what does it taste like?

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, it tastes to me, it tastes like champagne. It's
probably heresy to say that, but it's got citrus. You know,
I'll have them hunting me down, but it was citrus,
apple and freshly baked baget crust. You know, it's got
a seductively creamy texture that that lovely baget crust flavors

(02:02):
really makes it.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
It's very very Frenchy, as you say. So, thirty six
dollars for a bottle of the Number one Family Cove.
You think that's good venue?

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yes I do. Yeah, it's the number one Family's least
expensive wine. But to me it's it's you know, it's
one of my favorites. It's one third the price of
good champagne, but it's certainly not one third the quality.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Yeah, nice, we can you pick it up?

Speaker 3 (02:29):
I founded that whiskey and more in the way Kenno
for thirty four ninety nine a little bit below average,
and the Hamilton Beer and Wine Company also thirty five
or thirty five ninety.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Nine aside from a Christmas turkey? What would you match
it with, do you think, Bob?

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Well, the classic is freshly shucked oysters. I love oysters,
so and there there are a perfect match. But it's
a fairly forgiving food wine. It would go with most seafoods.
And you know it's just it can be enjoyed without
the complication food too.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Right, Yeah, yeah, well it keep?

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Do you think a few years of stored Well, I
quite like aged method. Don't get to if you are
going to keep it for later, don't forget to write
the page of purchase on the bottle because it is
a non vintage wine, so you you know, down the

(03:29):
track you may not remember when you bought it.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
How it is, yes, and if you end up putting
another bottle in the salar again next year, you might
find yourself getting a little bit confused over time. That's
a very very good tip. Hey, thank you so much, Bob.
Have a wonderful Christmas, won't you there you too. We
really appreciate all of your help and advice throughout the year.
Bob Campbell our master of Wine there so he has

(03:54):
chosen the number one family Kuve Assemblage Kuve from Marlborough.
It's a method traditional for thirty six dollars. All of
the details will be up on the news Talk he'd
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