Deviation Road Beltana Blanc De Blanc 2017 x 6

The wine has classic Blanc de Blancs tang and refreshment...

96 Points

Adelaide Hills is home to the masterful sparkling winemaker Kate Laurie, who absorbed much of her French-style artisan skillset working in Champagne. Deviation Road’s suite of fabulous sparklings is led by her Beltana Blanc de Blancs, an all Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay that exudes a lime-like fruit purity with the patisserie creaminess from its traditional method technique and a lengthy time developing its finessed complexity in the bottle before  disgorgement, which occurs twice a year. The wine has classic Blanc de Blancs tang and refreshment, which tends to be Kate’s personal style preference, exuding great palate energy while still offering depth and texture. You can also delve deeper into the Beltana story via a magnificent and still extraordinarily fresh 2011 Late Disgorged release ($145), evidence this wine ages with enduring grace – deserving of extra moments to sip, ponder and respect.

The Vintage Journal - South Australian Wine Guide, 03 Dec 2024

The palate is generous, soft and struck with vibrant bubbles

94 Points

Disgorged Nov ’23. This wine spends six years on lees and holds six grams dosage. A richer, toastier expression that holds all its elements in harmony and with complexity. Scents of brioche, lemon curd, sugared almonds, green apple and candied orange peel. The palate is generous, soft and struck with vibrant bubbles, a little minerally/saline amongst green apple, honey toast, more lemon curd and a tickle of piquant ginger. A briny line of acidity keeps things fresh and elevated. Delightful drinking here with a myriad of detail.

2025 Halliday Wine Companion, 07 Aug 2024

Our Méthode Traditionnelle sparkling wines are fermented, bottled and disgorged by hand,  
on-site at our Longwood winery as we continue a five generation winemaking tradition.
 STYLE
 Beltana is produced using 100% Chardonnay grapes selected from the 
cool, high altitude slopes in the Adelaide Hills. The finest parcels with the 
greatest ageing potential are selected to make the Beltana, which is one of 
our ‘Small Batch Series’ wines.
 Ageing for six years on lees after the secondary bottle fermentation has  
resulted in added complex characters of toasted nut, sweet pastry and  
candied lemon. The palate is long, with a crisp, mouth-watering finish. 
A persistent fine bead and zesty sherbet acidity gives extra lift to these         
delicious aromas and flavours. (TIP.. allow the wine to develop in the glass  and savour 
each drop!)
 toasted nut · sweet pastry · lemon · crisp moorish finish
 VINTAGE
 A cool wet spring followed by a long and dry Indian summer meant a late 
start to vintage.  The result was delicate, pure and elegant chardonnay with 
exceptional ageing potential.  Two sites stood out in particular in 2017, 
one in Piccadilly and the other being our family planted site on Deviation 
Road. 
This vineyard site is moderate to steeply undulating and the soils are  
predominantly shallow topsoils over weathered stone and ironstone. The 
Piccadilly site has deeper topsoil but higher altitude and sits in the clouds 
until mid morning many days in summer. Both sites are harvested by 
hand. 
WINE MAKING
 The juice for this wine was fermented in 100% stainless steel to preserve  
f
 reshness and fruit purity, and underwent full malolactic ferment this 
year to soften the high acid levels from the cooler season. The Beltana is 
a snapshot of what Chardonnay delivers from great sites in the Adelaide 
Hills from vintage to vintage. 
ENJOY WITH
 Oysters, seared scallops, your best friend or indulge on your own!
 deviationroad.com
 WINE MAKER   
Kate Laurie   
FIRST DISGORGED September 2023  
TIME ON LEES 
DOSAGE  
minimum six years   
6g/L    
ALCOHOL    
VARIETY  
12.5%  
Chardonnay   
BOTTLE FORMAT 750mL