2011 Stefano Lubiana Grande Vintage Brut, Derwent Valley

A 50/50% blend of the estate-grown Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the vineyard certified organic in conversion to biodynamic. It's spent 10 years on yeast lees and has a fine mousse and a golden hue attesting to the age. It hits the nail on the head with the perfect precision of the bouquet and palate.

97 points James Hallidays Top 100 November 2023 

A single-vineyard, estate-grown blend of 50/50% chardonnay/pinot noir from the Derwent Valley. Pale in the glass with a fine, energetic bead and mousse. Aromas of crunchy green apple, nashi pear and citrus fruits with hints of brioche, mushroom, white flowers, flint, toast, almond paste, roast chestnuts and meal. Long, savoury and true with a real sense of mineral drive and toasty complexity, finishing very long with a saline, acid cadence. Wonderful drinking.

96 points Dave Brooks winecompanion.com.au Aug 2023

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.