Now Russia is not the place to think of when talking about sparkling red wines. One might think of Australia with its sparkling Shirazes and the like, or even Lambrusco, with sparklers of all types of dryness and sweetness, but not Russia. This however is a sparkling Cabernet Sauvignon from Russia. Abrau-Durso was founded by Imperial decree in 1870 and Prince Golitsyn brought in soem French experts in 1896 to advise. Abrau-Durso produces only sparkling wine up till now and 15% are made by the traditional method, as the wine above is made. The rest is made using the Charmat method. Apparently plans are afoot to produce still wines too. As for this wine, it was a deep ruby with good streams of medium bubbles. The nose was full of leafy and currant notes whilst the palate was sweet and fruity with an acid prickle. An acid tannic backbpones provided strusture and support
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