House of Arras is Tasmania's most awarded sparkling house, sourcing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the island's cool northern and southern valleys for traditional-method wine. The Brut Elite Cuvee 1801 is the house's non-vintage flagship blend, drawing on multiple premium Tasmanian sites on clay- and basalt-based soils where slow, cool ripening builds high natural acidity and fine flavour. As a multi-vintage cuvee it is assembled from several seasons and, typically, reserve material to maintain a consistent house style year to year, rather than expressing a single harvest. Cool-climate fruit and careful parcel selection underpin its freshness and length.

Made by the traditional method from a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the fruit is hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed, then fermented to a dry base wine. Selected base wines from more than one vintage are blended before tirage, and the cuvee undergoes second fermentation in bottle and matures on lees for an extended period - building the biscuity, citrus and stone-fruit complexity and creamy mousse characteristic of Arras. After riddling and disgorgement it is finished brut with a measured dosage. The style balances autolytic richness with the taut acidity of Tasmanian fruit. Exact blend proportions, lees time and dosage NEEDS VERIFICATION.