House of Arras chief winemaker Ed Carr. House of Arras
Sparkling Wines Feature Week
The House of Arras, recently purchased from Accolade by Australian company Handpicked Wines, has launched a new bubbly: Brut Élite Rosé Cuvée 1801 (AUD $61).
The new wine, termed ‘multi-vintage’ rather than ‘non-vintage’, is part of the 2023 House of Arras Collection. It’s a running-mate for the well established Brut Élite. The number 1801, which appears on the wine’s neck label, indicates that it’s a blend of vintages based on the 2018 harvest. The same numbering system has been used on the Brut Élite NV ever since it was created. The number gives a clue as to when the wine was produced so that those who cellar it can keep a track of its maturity. This is not normally possible with a non-vintage or multi-vintage wine, unless the details of base year, duration of aging and disgorgement date are declared on the bottle—details seen increasingly in Champagne these days.
The new wine, termed ‘multi-vintage’ rather than ‘non-vintage’, is part of the 2023 House of Arras Collection.
Length of time on lees—or as chief winemaker Ed Carr likes to say, time in tirage—is a key part of the Arras style. His wines proudly declare on their neck-labels the length of time the bottle has been in tirage: the length of time the bottle has been lying on its side in a temperature-controlled cellar with the lees from its
This Article was originally published on The Real Review
