2008 House of Arras EJ Carr Late Disgorged

Highly Rated
Australia's most prestigious sparkling wine. 98 points and Top 100 Wines of 2024 - Halliday Wine Companion.

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The EJ Carr Late Disgorged is a wine of rare class.

This is the flagship wine in the elite House of Arras range and considered to be Australia's answer to the icoinc grand cuveés of Champagne.

The wine spends a minimum of 10 years on lees and is released with significant bottle age to allow for the full array of development to be enjoyed on release.

This wine can go toe-to-toe with any sparkling wine from anywhere on planet earth.

98 points & Top 100 Wines of 2024
"The much awaited 2008 E.J. Carr Late Disgorged... Pristine flavours of stone fruits, soft spice, clotted cream and biscuity/toasty tones abound, finishing bright and intensely focused with real intent of flavour and line. A benchmark Australian sparkling wine."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

97 points
"Potent and rich, complex and layered... The power builds and builds. Bubbles tight, racy, a restraint from saline/minerally acidity and yet the mature wine characters stand up too. So serious, so good, a wildly good sparkling wine."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

98 points & Top 100 Wines of 2024 - "The much awaited 2008 E.J. Carr Late Disgorged is a blend of 64.4/35.6% chardonnay/pinot noir sourced from premium vineyards across Tasmania. Aged on lees in tirage for 13 years with a 2.2 g/L dosage. Disgorged December 2022. Mid-straw in the glass with an ultra-fine bead and aromas of green apple, juicy nectarine and white peach with hints of crushed oyster shell, white flowers, grapefruit pith, sea spray, shiitake broth and straight out of the oven brioche. Coils then expands on the palate, all tension and release as the minerally acidity propels the wine across the tongue. Pristine flavours of stone fruits, soft spice, clotted cream and biscuity/toasty tones abound, finishing bright and intensely focused with real intent of flavour and line. A benchmark Australian sparkling wine." -
Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

97 points - "Potent and rich, complex and layered. Scents of preserved lemon, ginger, chicken stock, sea spray, sourdough bread, toast and cinnamon. Flavours similar, so intense and yet compact, a distinct elegance and seamless flow, silkiness to texture too, a vinous expression but wildly complex and savoury to boot. The power builds and builds. Bubbles tight, racy, a restraint from saline/minerally acidity and yet the mature wine characters stand up too. So serious, so good, a wildly good sparkling wine." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

97 points - "Light to mid yellow, amazingly light for its 15 years of age, and the bouquet is curious, quite un-Champagne-like, with richer fruit aromas, some nuttiness and dried wildflower nuances, a little canned corn, plus a slight high-note of reduction that breathed off fairly quickly. Straw/dried-herbs too. The wine is ample in the mouth, bright and crisp and very dry, with a winning combination of rich ripe fruit flavour with structural tightness and refreshing dryness. Supurbly refined texture. Very long carry with appetising grip and savoury dryness, and an overall feel of tremendous finesse." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

95 points - "A complex nose of yeast extract, iodine, ginger candy, praline and roasted hazelnuts wafting across a Tokyo subway entrance. Full and palate-staining with so much extract as to almost bury the slither of saline freshness carrying the length. Good length, mind you, that one has to feel out amidst the melee. Very good fizz." - Ned Goodwin MW (James Suckling)

A mature and complex style expressing all the attributes of the noble sparkling grape varieties of Chardonnay and Pinot noir grown in pristine cold climate vineyards throughout Tasmania and meticulous winemaking. This wine was aged on lees in tirage for 14 years developing an intensity of secondary characters recognised in the world's finest cuvees.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Sparkling
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Australian State TAS
Feature High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
Critic Score 98
97
Size 750ml
Vintage 2008
Closure Cork

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