Stefano Lubiana Grande Vintage Brut 2010

A blend of estate-grown, single-vineyard Chardonnay (70%) & Pinot Noir (30%). The fruit comes from a mix of two terroirs: grey gravelly loams over clay and red loam over gravel. At the time of harvest the vineyards were organically managed, in conversion to biodynamic certification. The base wines go through 100% malolactic conversion and the wine is according to the méthode traditionnelle. Aged for nine years on lees until disgorging on the 16th of November 2018. Dosage 4g/L.

The 2009 Grande Vintage is the 10th such release in the 24 years Steve and Monique have been making sparkling wine. Their Grande wines are made to show off the vintage they were grown in, selecting the best parcels of fruit to give freshness, elegance, balance and intensity. Only made in the best years, they are drier and more refined than the NV and are made entirely from the one vintage.

"Bold colour, and no shortage of flavour either. This is a pow pow powerful sparkling wine offering stone fruit and tangerine, aniseed, Danish pastries, brine and flor-like scents. Soft fine bubbles, yeasty complexity, juicy orange laden flavour with a light perfume, weighty and long, finishing with a chalky texture. Very good and highly individual in style." - Gary Walsh

Country: Australia
Region: Tasmania