House of ArrasTasmania Grand Vintage
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Sparkling Wine
About this product
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Sparkling Wine- TypePinot Noir Chardonnay
- Size750mL
- RegionTasmania
- Current Vintage2014
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14%
- CountryAustralia
- StateTasmania
- Brand NameHouse of Arras
- Wine MakerEd Carr
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
Trophy for Best Sparkling & Trophy for Best Wine of the Show - Sydney Royal Wine Show 2016, Double Trophy - Royal Queensland Wine Show 2016. Gold Medals - Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2016, Royal Queensland Wine Show 2016, Decanter World
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2008
96 points www.winecompanion.com.au
Bright straw-green; this is as energetic and fresh as a 3yo vintage sparkling, showing no signs of age. Granny Smith apple, lemon zest and unsweetened lemon juice flavours cloak the deliberate tannins in the wine, are all there as part of the structure and texture that make this wine so exceptional.
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Tyson Stelzer
Young Australian author and wine critic for tysonstelzer.com
Vintage 2006
95 points www.tysonstelzer.com
Grand Vintage remains the core of Arras’ portfolio of now seven cuvees. Led confidently by more than three-quarters chardonnay, this vintage upholds a refreshingly pale straw hue and exciting fruit energy of lemons, apples and white stone fruits. The engagingly reductive tendency of chardonnay has been captured to masterful effect in grilled toast and gunpowder nuances. A low dosage of just 6g/L is all it needs. Wonderfully fine, lees-derived mouth feel and outstanding persistence confirm a true Grand Vintage.