2019 Moorilla Muse Extra Brut Rosé, Tasmania

A rosé blend of 67/33% chardonnay/pinot noir; 50 months on lees, 5.87g/L dosage. Salmon pink in the glass with an energetic bead and mousse. Characters of crisp red apple, lemon, ruby-red grapefruit and redcurrant with hints of sea spray, crushed stone, wildflowers, red berry pastries, minerals, mushroom tea and ozone. Dry and savoury with a fine, minerally precision and a saline twang to the acidity. The flavours draw out nicely on the finish. Drink to 2036.

93 points Dave Brookes for Halliday Wine Companion, June 2026

Medium salmon pink hue. Ripe raspberry and musk stick aromatics. Full bodied with a rich red cherry and rhubarb core. Hints of sumac spice and subtle toasty details add character while the fine, full bead balances the richness of fruit quite well. It flows quite long and the finish is well focused by a subtle brush of tannins. Drink to 2030.

92 points Stuart Knox for The Real Review, September 2025

This aperitif style sparkling wine is a 67/33 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir made from fruit grown in the St Matthias vineyard in northern Tasmania’s Tamar Valley. The whole bunches were pressed with pressings kept separate until blending. Half of the juice was fermented in stainless steel with cultivated yeasts, while the balance was placed in seasoned oak barrels and fermented with endemic vineyard yeasts. The fermented wine parcels were lees stirred for six weeks and were not allowed malolactic conversion.

The available parcels were then blended to style, and the final base wine included a 9% component of Moorilla’s oak maturing 777-clone of Pinot Noir. This blend was then bottled and tiraged in July 2019, spending 50 months on lees before the first disgorgement in October 2023, the wine at that point finished with a 4g/L dosage, taking the final residual sugar to 5.9g/L.

About this producer

Moorilla was established in 1958 by Claudio Alcorso, making it one of Tasmania's oldest vineyards and a genuine pioneer of cool-climate viticulture in the state. The estate expanded to the St Matthias Vineyard on the western banks of Tamar River in later years, and it is from this site that this wine draws fruit from. The east facing slope features loamy clay soils with high rock content and benefits from the long, cool ripening conditions of northern Tasmania. The vineyard produces aromatic grapes of real precision and mineral clarity, perfect for Moorilla winemaker Conor van der Reest who favours subtle complexity and structure in his wines.