66% Chardonnay, 31% Pinot Noir, 3% Pinot Meunier Traditional Method sparkling from the Pyrenees in Victoria, Australia

Production Info:

Base vintage 87% 2014; reserves 2013: 8%, 2012: 2%, 2011: 1%, 2009: 1%, 2008: 1%

Aged 4 years on lees, disgorged Feb 2019 with dosage 5.5-9.6g/L of Tasmanian pinot noir

Vined planted in 1986 on volcanic red loam soil

Producer Info:

"Northeast sites, close to Bass Strait, are subject to strong maritime influences. Hillside slopes in the Tamar Valley offer vines some protection from prevailing westerly winds, promoting warm, settled and relatively dry growing conditions." - Little Peacock

"Clover Hill is one of Australia’s principal Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier Cuvées. Founded by the Goelet family on the site of a former dairy farm in north-east Tasmania, Clover Hill was established in 1986 after an exhaustive search for an ideal site for the sole purpose of producing world-class sparkling wine to rival that of the Champagne region. The site, with its rich soil, natural sloping amphitheatre and maritime climate, was deemed to be the perfect location to produce superb Méthode Traditionnelle sparkling wine, rivaling the great Champagne Houses of France.

The 66 hectare Pipers River property near Lebrina overlooks Bass Strait and capitalises on its natural assets: the rich land which was a mosaic of undulating hills and golden clover.

Clover Hill is acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest sparkling producers. With the cool climate and growing conditions of Tasmania being remarkably similar to that of the famous Champagne region of France.