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Tassie sensation:

“Creating award-winning sparkling wine can only be mastered by perfecting the craft, the patience to allow the wine to mature at its own pace and the experience to know when it is at its best.”

ED CARR

“Arras is made by a quietly spoken genius, Ed Carr, whose name should be known around the world. He is, by some considerable distance, Australia’s greatest sparkling winemaker.”

JAMES HALLIDAY

Tasmanian sparkling wine extraordinaire, Ed Carr of House of Arras is simply one of the very best. His unremitting pursuit for excellence, passion and skill firmly placed Australian sparkling wine on the global wine map. Ed is highly respected amongst all vignerons and the wine world as a whole. I joined Ed in London when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Champagne & Sparkling Wine Championships. He was the only non-champenois winemaker to receive the award, a testament to the world-class credentials of House of Arras wines.  

2007 was the last Rosé vintage we offered (Feb 2020 if my memory serves me well). Essentially, a change in EU legislation relating to acceptable residual levels of a contact fungicide called Iprodione, which is the active ingredient in a spray used against botrytis, dropped from 20mg/L to a microscopic 0.01mg/L. This new law put a stop on all new shipments.

Today, we have the pleasure to offer Ed’s 7^th release, the 2014 Rosé which is a blend of Pinot Noir (75%) Chardonnay (25%) – All fruit is sourced from Tasmania (Coal River Valley, Derwent Valley, Pipers River and East Coast).

The new collection is released to Vinorium customers well ahead of the European market, which is rather exciting. Equally, and for one-week only – introductory prices are being offered and well below each wine’s, new global RRP.

The 7^th release - 2014 House of Arras Rosé

Nine years on the lees provides a seamless, luscious and intensely focussed wine.

Vinorium Special  £60.00 by the bottle
Save a little extra and pay £57.95 by the three / six pack
Limited availability under bond  £265.00 IB per case of six

Global RRP @ £69.99

“A spectacular 9 years on tirage/lees. How can a wine of this age be as delicate, fresh and red-fruited as this. A knockout in every respect.” Tyson Stelzer

97 Points - Andrew Caillard MW “Lifted and complex bouquet with exotic aromas of white flowers, lemon essence, lychee and oyster shell. Characters of spice, natural yoghurt, lemon meringue, fresh oyster and truffle are expressed throughout the palate. This wine has great elegance of structure with a perfectly balanced dosage, tannin and acidity.”

Here’s Ed who will talk you through his new Rosé release.

The 16^th release - 2014 House of Arras Grand Vintage

Chardonnay (67%) Pinot Noir (33%)

Ed Carr “Lifted and exotic aromas reminiscent of white flowers, brown lime juice, lychee, brioche and oyster shell. A seamless and powerful palate with a distinct minerality and complex characters of toasted sourdough, field mushroom, lemon curd and Granny Smith apple. The wine shows great density and an elegant poise, with the low dosage in perfect balance with fine tannins and natural acidity.”

Vinorium Special  £53.50 by the bottle
Save a little extra and pay £49.95 by the three / six pack
Limited availability under bond  £225.00 IB per case of six

Global RRP @ £59.99

Winemaking: Crafted in the traditional sparkling winemaking method, combined with fastidious and modern viticultural techniques. The fruit is hand-picked and gently pressed with only the highest quality juice selected for fermentation. Further complexity and character are built into the wine with 10% fermentation in first use French Oak barriques followed by 100% malolactic fermentation. The blended wine has been matured for seven years in tirage ensuring a depth and complexity consistent with the worlds’ finest cuvées.

The 9^th release - 2014 House of Arras Blanc de Blancs

100% Chardonnay

Ed Carr “Fragrant aromas of citrus blossom, freshly baked pastries and oyster shell. A densely structured wine with great presence and minerality. Flavours are reminiscent of baked Granny Smith apple, white peach, lime essence and brioche. The firm natural acid backbone melds all the characters together to express power, poise and a fantastic vibrancy.”

Only 60 bottles allocated to The Vinorium

Vinorium Special  £60.00 by the bottle
Save a little extra and pay £57.95 by the three / six pack
Limited availability under bond  £265.00 IB per case of six

Global RRP @ £69.99

Winemaking: A sophisticated Blanc de Blancs style that is always crafted from the best Chardonnay of the vintage. Pristine Chardonnay fruit was hand-picked and gently bunch pressed to ensure the extraction of the finest juice. Primary fermentation was in stainless steel (88%) and first use French oak barriques (12%), and then undergoes malolactic fermentation to add further softness and character to the wine. After 7 years of lees maturation the disgorged wine is completed with a tailored dosage to create a style of great sophistication and poise.

Our House of Arras introductory offer ends
9:00am Friday 17 March.

Delivery

All duty paid orders will be dispatched Monday 27 March for arrival on or around the 28 March. In bond deliveries / transfers / storage will commence week of 27 March.