Yellow Tail, or [yellow tail] as they write it, is one of those brands that many people view as the epitome of cheap wine. In fact, when I tell people about this website I’m often asked if I drink a bunch of Yellow Tail. Actually, I don’t. This is the first time we’ve reviewed a Yellow Tail wine. It’s not out of spite for the brand or anything like that, there’s just sooooo many different wines out there to choose from that we haven’t gotten around to a [yellow tail]… until now.
I have to admit, that Australia isn’t on the top of my list when I’m shopping for sparklers. With so much good Italian Prosecco, Spanish Cava, Alsatian Cremant and Californian bubbly out there, I’m just not that likely to make it to the Australian section. But why not? They make some great wine in Australia! They can probably make some great bubbly too.
This one has a fairly tight nose, with slight apple aromas. The palate is off-dry with slightly sweet yellow delicious apple flavors. It’s fairly simple, but it’s pleasant tasting. The bubbles in this wine feel like those from a soda. The bubbles might come from a gas injection method versus the traditional fermentation in the bottle method. I could not find any statement about their method anywhere in their literature, so I don’t know for sure. Regardless of whatever method they used, it has some bubbles but the texture of those bubbles isn’t quite cutting it for me. It finishes with more apple flavor and a touch of lemon. While I wouldn’t say this wine totally knocked my socks off, it was still enjoyable and a bargain for the price.
One thing that I did love about this wine is the cap. It came with a resealable, plastic cap. This allows you to cap the wine if you don’t want to drink the whole bottle in one evening. And the cap will fit most other sparkling wine bottles too, so you can keep it and use it over and over with other bottles of bubbly.
Wine: Yellow Tail
Variety: Sparkling wine
Vintage: Non-vintage
Alcohol: 11.5%
Rating: 84
Price: $10.00
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Disclosure: This wine was received as a sample.
Hi!
Very nice write up, and thanks for linking back to us. I think mentioning the cap is definitely one of the highlights of this wine. There’s nothing like being able to actually save your sparkling without a lot of effort.
Cheers,
Nick
Sure thing. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. And thanks for the link back. Let us know if you discover other sparkling wines we should check out.
Thanks Tim! Love your tip about re-using the cap. Am a big fan of Cava these days. Saw this sparkling wine at my local store today but could not find any mention of the grape variety on the label. Appreciate your help and advice!
Hi Alicia. You’re right, they don’t mention the varieties in this wine on the label. But they should, as it’s actually an interesting blend. It’s 72% Semillon blended with Traminer, Viognier and Trebbiano. That was probably your guess though, right?