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).

  • Longer article on Ed Carr and Arras is – here.

  • RRP is $125.

  • Arras Grand Vintage 2016 could be the best Australian sparkling wine ever.

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.

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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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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