House of Arras Grand Vintage 2017

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Arras Grand Vintage 2017 on a white background.

  • 2017 is the eighteenth release of Arras Grand Vintage; it was essentially the original wine of the Arras range.

  • It’s 65% chardonnay, 35% pinot noir.

  • Tasmanian sub-regions employed were the Derwent Valley, Coal River Valley and the Tasmania East Coast.

  • Dosage for this wine is customarily ultra low (2-ish grams).

  • Read the feature on the [House of Arras: Ed Carr, Finally Unshackled].

  • RRP is AU$125.

Honey, almonds, lemon, toasted peaches and cooked apple characters. This wine is as rich as it is impressive – and as refreshing. Oyster shell notes carry through the back palate, as do cumquat and gently bitter, grapefruit-and-blood orange notes. It keeps you guessing. It keeps you entertained. And throughout, it’s thrilling.

95 points – Campbell Mattinson.

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“When we drink Arras we drink Australian sparkling wine history – fresh, real, alive and magnificent – as it is being made. The House of Arras is the very definition of respected.” – Campbell Mattinson.

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House of Arras has been classified as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Feature article on the House of Arras (Arras Unshackled) can be found here.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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