Real Review: Sparkling Wine of the Year 2025

We're honoured to announce that our Quartz Reef Méthode Traditionnelle Blanc de Blancs 2017 has been awarded The Real Review Sparkling Wine of the Year 2025.

Thank you to @TheRealReview for this incredible recognition. We're proud to see our Blanc de Blancs celebrated for its power and finesse—a wine that pushes the boundaries of what's possible for sparkling wine in Aotearoa.

To our team, our supporters, and everyone who shares this journey with us—this one’s for you.

Sparkling Wine of the Year New Zealand:

Quartz Reef Méthode Traditionnelle Blanc de Blancs 2017, Central Otago

“Great sparkling wine should be delicious above all else. This outstanding traditional method blanc de blancs combines elegance and precision, whilst delivering so much pleasure and was the clear favourite for the panel."

 Awards panel judge Jane Skilton MW

Persistent mousse. Soaring floral, white pepper and chalk aromas on the nose. This has incredible tension and youth for its age, taut and crystalline in texture with evidently high acidity but no tartness. The citrus and floral flavours are delicate and laced through with oyster-shell, building rather than fading towards the long, laser-like finish. A reprise of floral and subtle brioche/pastry notes closes the loop on this fantastically reverberant sparkling wine which has a long life ahead of it as it gains more complexity and savoury layers in bottle. (Cork)

Score: 96 ★★★★★ – view original tasting note

Alcohol: 12.5%

Ageing: now to 2030

Food: natural oysters with mignonette dressing

Stockists: Quartz Reef Wines; Centre City Wines & Spirits, Wellington and online; Centre City Wines & Spirits., Hamilton and online (NZ); P&V Merchants, Sydney and online (AU)