Winemaker Notes
Try with a simple platter of natural oysters and wedges of fresh lemon.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Aromas of lemons, apples, white peaches and fresh pastry. The palate is mid-weighted with a fine, steady mousse and neatly integrated acidity, giving bright citrus and orchard fruit flavors with a light, chalky edge. Clean, lively and well balanced, with a crisp finish. Drink or hold.
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.