Jansz Premium Cuvée NV

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Light & Crisp
Country of Origin:	Australia
Wine Region:	Tasmania
Grape Varietal:	Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	6 bottles
$167.70 Per Case ($27.95/btl)

Tasting Notes

The Jansz vineyards lie in the Tamar Valley along the Northern Tasmanian Wine Route at the heart of Tasmania's Pipers River region, an area known worldwide as "Sparkling Tasmania". With a mantle of red basalt soils and a cool climate moderated by its close proximity to the ocean, it is ideal for the slow ripening of fruit and lingering acidity so essential to the production of premium sparkling wine. In fact, the area's climate so resembled Champagne and Burgundy that several leading French Champagne houses considered basing new operations there.

Critical Praise

89 points, Robert Parker (Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate)
"The crisp, elegant, fresh, medium-bodied non-vintage Brut Cuvee (51% Chardonnay, 46% Pinot Noir, and 3% Pinot Meunier) reveals hints of brioche, ripe apple skins, grapefruits, and Wheat Thins along with good effervescence and persistence. This sparkler should be enjoyed over the next 1-2 years."

93 points, James Halliday (Australian Wine Companion)
"Combines delicacy with intensity and length; tangy fruit flavour with some bready notes, then a clean, zesty finish. Extended lees contact; several vintages"