NV Tasmania Brut Elite Rosé Cuvée 1801, House of Arras

• Style: Pale rosé gold, fine mousse, bone-dry
• Taste: Red berries, stone fruit, brioche, cherry, lychee, sourdough
• Food: Oysters, crab, delicate seafood, aperitif
• Occasion: Sunday lunch, date night
• Serve: Chilled, 8–10°C
• Blend: 64% Pinot Noir, 28% Chardonnay, 8% Meunier

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Pale gold with a crimson rim, this bone-dry sparkling opens with red berries and white stone fruit that snap across a persistent, finely-beaded palate. Secondary notes of brioche and sourdough provide real backbone, while cherry and lychee round out a wine of remarkable depth and precision. The acid-driven character defines every sip — mineral-edged, alive, uncompromising.

The Winery — House of Arras

Ed Carr, head winemaker since 1998, is renowned as Australia's greatest sparkling craftsman and 2024 IWC Sparkling Winemaker of the Year. He pioneered Tasmania's rise as a serious sparkling address by recognising how the island's cool climate yields vibrant, acid-driven fruit ideally suited to secondary fermentation and extended lees-ageing. This Brut Elite Rosé has spent a minimum of four years on sediment, a choice that delivers the complexity and secondary depth you taste. The multi-vintage blend is dominated by 2018 fruit sourced across Tasmania's premium sites—Derwent Valley, Tamar Estuary, Coal River Valley and Pipers River—each contributing its own character. Hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed fruit undergoes partial oak fermentation and malolactic softening, balanced by restrained dosage and 13% ABV, resulting in refinement without austerity.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

This wine is drinking wine, not showpiece wine. Pair it with oysters, crab and any delicate seafood, or serve as an aperitif where its bone-dry character and mineral edge shine. If you've explored our Pinot Noir selection, you'll recognise the varietal's red fruit precision and mineral fingerprints here—proof that great sparkling isn't exclusive to Champagne. Tasmania's cool conditions unlock something bright and crystalline that warmer regions simply cannot match. Serve chilled at 8–10°C. Chill a bottle for Sunday lunch or a date night when you want complexity without pretence, and discover why Tasmania has become the Southern Hemisphere's sparkling address. Browse the rest of our Australia collection to explore what the region offers.