Jansz Premium Cuvée Rosé NV

Tasmania is Australia's best sparkling wine region and Jansz have been doing just that for several decades and make some of the best wines on the island. Their Premium Cuvée Rosé is made from 68% Pinot Noir, 26% Chardonnay and a small bit of Pinot Noir in the traditional method with secondary fermentation in botte. It has a delightful pale, salmon pink colour with lovely delicate summer fruits aromas, elegant bubbles and a real feel of strawberries and cream on the tongue. The good concentration of fruit is well supported by complex, yeasty notes and fresh acidity and it's got great length as well.

Its delicacy of colour and flavour make it a great aperitif, but also a plate of oysters, or a carpaccio of beef go down a treat.

Jansz's story started in 1986 when Champagne house Louis Roederer, seeing similarities between the Tasmanian climate and that of their own part of northern France, partnered with the owners of Heemskerk Wines to produce Tasmania's first premium vintage sparkling wine. In 1997, the Hill-Smith family (of Yalumba fame) purchased the vineyard and began the journey that has seen Jansz become the most highly regarded sparkling wine producer in Australia. In case you're interested, the name Jansz is taken from the man who first sighted Tasmania, the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman.