House of Arras, Tasmania Blanc de Blancs
Country: Australia Region: Tasmania
Varietal: 100% Chardonnay Vintage: NV
Colour: White Style: Sparkling
Producer: House of Arras
Description:
Ed Carr has been the head winemaker at House of Arras since 1998, and in 2024, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sparkling Winemaker of the Year’ title by the International Wine Challenge, the first Australian to do so.
James Halliday calls him “a quietly spoken genius, whose name should be known around the world. He is, by some considerable distance, Australia’s greatest sparkling winemaker.”
Tasmania's cool climate yields vibrant, acid-driven fruit that is perfectly suited for secondary fermentation and, crucially, extensive lees-ageing. Ed is a proponent of lengthy tirage, and insists on lees-ageing his vintage wines for at least six years before disgorgement. As a result, the Arras sparkling wines display great depth and complexity.
Ed has always sourced his fruit from seven of Tasmania’s best wine-growing regions: Tamar Valley, Pipers River (where House of Arras is based), Coal River Valley, the East Coast, Huon Valley, Derwent Valley, and Devonport. Offering a patchwork of soils, aspects and climatic conditions, each vineyard contributes unique characters to the final blend.
The Blanc de Blancs NV, 100% Chardonnay is lees aged for 30 months before disgorgement, resulting in notes of fresh grapefruit balanced with lemon curd and natural yoghurt. This ageing period is considerably shorter than the Arras norm and offers a lighter interpretation of Ed’s distinctive style.
Vineyards:
The Chardonnay fruit is sourced from premium vineyard sites across Tasmania, with 60% of the blend coming from Pipers River and a further 26% from Derwent Valley. All sites have VSP trellising and supplementary irrigation is used as necessary to keep the canopy active over the generally dry summer and autumn. Harvesting is carried out by both machine and hand.
Tasting Notes:
Light yellow gold with a fresh green hue. Lifted aromas of honeysuckle, white peach and lemon oil, complemented by secondary maturation characters of fresh pastries and oyster shell. This is an elegant wine expressing flavours of grapefruit pith, lemon curd and fresh sourdough. The silky palate is fully integrated around a precise core giving beautiful poise and persistence.
Food Pairing:
oysters, seared scallops, ceviche, and sashimi.
Country: Australia Region: Tasmania
Varietal: 100% Chardonnay Vintage: NV
Colour: White Style: Sparkling
Producer: House of Arras
Description:
Ed Carr has been the head winemaker at House of Arras since 1998, and in 2024, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sparkling Winemaker of the Year’ title by the International Wine Challenge, the first Australian to do so.
James Halliday calls him “a quietly spoken genius, whose name should be known around the world. He is, by some considerable distance, Australia’s greatest sparkling winemaker.”
Tasmania's cool climate yields vibrant, acid-driven fruit that is perfectly suited for secondary fermentation and, crucially, extensive lees-ageing. Ed is a proponent of lengthy tirage, and insists on lees-ageing his vintage wines for at least six years before disgorgement. As a result, the Arras sparkling wines display great depth and complexity.
Ed has always sourced his fruit from seven of Tasmania’s best wine-growing regions: Tamar Valley, Pipers River (where House of Arras is based), Coal River Valley, the East Coast, Huon Valley, Derwent Valley, and Devonport. Offering a patchwork of soils, aspects and climatic conditions, each vineyard contributes unique characters to the final blend.
The Blanc de Blancs NV, 100% Chardonnay is lees aged for 30 months before disgorgement, resulting in notes of fresh grapefruit balanced with lemon curd and natural yoghurt. This ageing period is considerably shorter than the Arras norm and offers a lighter interpretation of Ed’s distinctive style.
Vineyards:
The Chardonnay fruit is sourced from premium vineyard sites across Tasmania, with 60% of the blend coming from Pipers River and a further 26% from Derwent Valley. All sites have VSP trellising and supplementary irrigation is used as necessary to keep the canopy active over the generally dry summer and autumn. Harvesting is carried out by both machine and hand.
Tasting Notes:
Light yellow gold with a fresh green hue. Lifted aromas of honeysuckle, white peach and lemon oil, complemented by secondary maturation characters of fresh pastries and oyster shell. This is an elegant wine expressing flavours of grapefruit pith, lemon curd and fresh sourdough. The silky palate is fully integrated around a precise core giving beautiful poise and persistence.
Food Pairing:
oysters, seared scallops, ceviche, and sashimi.
Original: $49.00
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$14.70Description
Country: Australia Region: Tasmania
Varietal: 100% Chardonnay Vintage: NV
Colour: White Style: Sparkling
Producer: House of Arras
Description:
Ed Carr has been the head winemaker at House of Arras since 1998, and in 2024, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sparkling Winemaker of the Year’ title by the International Wine Challenge, the first Australian to do so.
James Halliday calls him “a quietly spoken genius, whose name should be known around the world. He is, by some considerable distance, Australia’s greatest sparkling winemaker.”
Tasmania's cool climate yields vibrant, acid-driven fruit that is perfectly suited for secondary fermentation and, crucially, extensive lees-ageing. Ed is a proponent of lengthy tirage, and insists on lees-ageing his vintage wines for at least six years before disgorgement. As a result, the Arras sparkling wines display great depth and complexity.
Ed has always sourced his fruit from seven of Tasmania’s best wine-growing regions: Tamar Valley, Pipers River (where House of Arras is based), Coal River Valley, the East Coast, Huon Valley, Derwent Valley, and Devonport. Offering a patchwork of soils, aspects and climatic conditions, each vineyard contributes unique characters to the final blend.
The Blanc de Blancs NV, 100% Chardonnay is lees aged for 30 months before disgorgement, resulting in notes of fresh grapefruit balanced with lemon curd and natural yoghurt. This ageing period is considerably shorter than the Arras norm and offers a lighter interpretation of Ed’s distinctive style.
Vineyards:
The Chardonnay fruit is sourced from premium vineyard sites across Tasmania, with 60% of the blend coming from Pipers River and a further 26% from Derwent Valley. All sites have VSP trellising and supplementary irrigation is used as necessary to keep the canopy active over the generally dry summer and autumn. Harvesting is carried out by both machine and hand.
Tasting Notes:
Light yellow gold with a fresh green hue. Lifted aromas of honeysuckle, white peach and lemon oil, complemented by secondary maturation characters of fresh pastries and oyster shell. This is an elegant wine expressing flavours of grapefruit pith, lemon curd and fresh sourdough. The silky palate is fully integrated around a precise core giving beautiful poise and persistence.
Food Pairing:
oysters, seared scallops, ceviche, and sashimi.
