Stefano Lubiana Grande Vintage 750ml

Our 2011 Grande Vintage Brut is a blend of estate-grown, single-vineyard Chardonnay (50%) & Pinot Noir (50%). The fruit comes from a mix of two terroirs: grey gravelly loams over clay and red loam over gravel. At the time of harvest the vineyards were organically managed, in conversion to biodynamic certification. The base wines go through 100% malolactic conversion and the wine is according to the méthode traditionnelle. The Grande Vintage wines are made to show off the vintage they were grown in, selecting the best parcels of fruit to give freshness, elegance, balance and intensity. Only made in the best years, they are drier and more refined than the NV and are made entirely from the one vintage.

The 2011 is an epic wine with 10 years on lees, providing valuable time for the wine to rest and mature, constructing complexity and pomp! Layered with nutty, mealy savouriness with fruitlets of cherry and strawberry combining on the palate. – Steve & Monique Lubiana