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. 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.”
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.
Light yellow gold with a fresh green hue. Lifted aromas of honeysuckle, white peach and lemon oil, complemented by characters of fresh pastries and oyster shell. This is an elegant wine expressing flavours of grapefruit pith, lemon curd and fresh sourdough.
