Jansz Cuvee 2018
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Pale gold with a delicate bead. Intense aromas of citrus zest, lemon curd and sea spray are overlaid with complex notes of sweet brioche, toast and nougat. The palate is elegantly structured with preserved lemon, white peach, wild strawberries and rose water.
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Australian Wine Companion
Pipers River fruit, 62/38% chardonnay/pinot noir, 36 months of lees. Light straw in the glass with a fine, energetic bead and mousse. Aromas of green apple, lemon curd, redcurrants, fresh brioche, oyster shell, nougat, hazelnuts and crushed stone. Scintillating clarity and drive from the natural acidity with notes of clotted cream and light biscuit tones and a dry, crisp finish that lingers nicely and shows plenty of detail.
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James Suckling
A complex and well-structured sparkling wine with a wide range of red berry and candied citrus aromas plus a touch of brioche. The creamy richness and generous weight on the palate easily balances the racy acidity. Long and elegant finish with nice lemony freshness. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Fresh and intense in the mouth, this 2018 Vintage Cuvée is spicy, powerful and dry, with phenolics that course over the palate through the finish. There are notes of green apple, crushed shells and layers of maritime salt and spray. It has a clean finish, cleansing, actually.
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Wine Enthusiast
Lemon, grilled and white peach, with saline, nougat and toast notes open, with a slight acetone tinge. Bubbles are prickly in the mouth and there’s similar flavors to the nose. It is a solid, dry bottling for every day drinking.
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The name Jansz pays homage to Tasmania’s namesake, the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman who first sighted the island in 1642. In fact, when it was established in 1975, the Jansz vineyard was originally named after Tasman’s ship, the Heemskerk. In 1986, esteemed Champagne house - Louis Roederer partnered with the owners of Heemskerk Wines to produce Tasmania’s first premium vintage sparkling wine. They saw the similarities between the climate here and the famous wine region of their homeland. In 1997, the Hill-Smith family purchased the vineyard and began the journey that has seen Jansz Tasmania become the most highly regarded sparkling wine house in Australia. The Jansz Tasmania vineyard sits to the northeast of the island state within the Pipers River region of the Tamar Valley. This cool little corner is colloquially known as ‘Sparkling Tasmania’. Temperatures here are moderated by close proximity to Bass Strait. The ocean breezes keep the temperature up during winter – minimising risk of frost, and down in summer – allowing our grapes to ripen slowly and develop intense, delicate and refined flavours. Resting on a bed of pure, red, free-draining basalt soils, the Jansz vineyard truly is the perfect site to grow grapes for world-class sparkling wines. The climatic conditions of the Jansz vineyard rival the famed French wine region of Champagne. In fact, it was originally with French contribution that Jansz became Tasmania’s first sparkling made using the traditional Méthode. Today we call it, Méthode Tasmanoise. It’s the essence of a partnership between the environment and our winemaker. Just as the cool Tasmanian climate creates spectacular beauty in nature, it is also instrumental in the creation of art in bottles. At Jansz, our focus is on the vineyard. We believe the vineyard is where the wine is born. Every day during the growing season, our winemaker walks the vines and tastes the grapes to gain an intimate understanding of each of our twenty three one-hectare blocks. This experience informs every decision we make from picking to fermenting. Our focus on the vineyard has been instrumental in establishing Jansz Tasmania as Australia’s sparkling wine specialist.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
Directly south of the city of Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula wine region, the cool-climate island of Tasmania has earned an honorable reputation as the country’s finest producer of Sparkling Wine. Naturally the region also excels in top quality still wines from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling, all distinguished because of a high natural acidity. Most of the Tasmania vineyards cluster around the eastern side of the island from north to south.