Winemaker Notes
Pale gold with a delicate bead. Intense aromas of citrus zest, lemon curd and sea spray are overlaid with complex notes of sweet brioche, toast and nougat. The palate is elegantly structured with preserved lemon, white peach, wild strawberries and rose water.
Professional Ratings
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Australian Wine Companion
Pipers River fruit, 62/38% chardonnay/pinot noir, 36 months of lees. Light straw in the glass with a fine, energetic bead and mousse. Aromas of green apple, lemon curd, redcurrants, fresh brioche, oyster shell, nougat, hazelnuts and crushed stone. Scintillating clarity and drive from the natural acidity with notes of clotted cream and light biscuit tones and a dry, crisp finish that lingers nicely and shows plenty of detail.
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James Suckling
A complex and well-structured sparkling wine with a wide range of red berry and candied citrus aromas plus a touch of brioche. The creamy richness and generous weight on the palate easily balances the racy acidity. Long and elegant finish with nice lemony freshness. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Fresh and intense in the mouth, this 2018 Vintage Cuvée is spicy, powerful and dry, with phenolics that course over the palate through the finish. There are notes of green apple, crushed shells and layers of maritime salt and spray. It has a clean finish, cleansing, actually.
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Wine Enthusiast
Lemon, grilled and white peach, with saline, nougat and toast notes open, with a slight acetone tinge. Bubbles are prickly in the mouth and there’s similar flavors to the nose. It is a solid, dry bottling for every day drinking.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
Directly south of the city of Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula wine region, the cool-climate island of Tasmania has earned an honorable reputation as the country’s finest producer of Sparkling Wine. Naturally the region also excels in top quality still wines from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling, all distinguished because of a high natural acidity. Most of the Tasmania vineyards cluster around the eastern side of the island from north to south.