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Tasmania

Australia

About Tasmania

Tasmania is Australia's coolest premium wine region, an island state at 41-43 degrees south with growing conditions closer to Champagne than the mainland. The whole island is one GI on paper, but in practice the wine lives in seven pockets: the Tamar Valley and Pipers River around Launceston, the East Coast running south from Bicheno, the Coal River Valley and Derwent Valley near Hobart, the Huon Valley further south, and the small but ambitious North West around Devonport. Sparkling is the calling card - Tasmania quietly supplies the base wines for House of Arras and Jansz and most of the mainland's serious sparkling houses. Pinot Noir is the rising star, pushed by Tolpuddle, Bay of Fires, Stefano Lubiana and Pooley into Burgundy-comparison territory.

Vintage Ratings

Rating:
95+
90-94
85-89
80-84
<80
PeakReadyHold
Year20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005
Red
White

Outstanding Tasmania Vintages

The best recent vintages rated excellent or exceptional.

Red

2024

Ready
95Exceptional

Cool, even season with very good flavour development across Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and sparkling base. Yields back to normal after the small 2023.

2023

Ready
93Excellent

Cool and late, with small yields but excellent natural acidity and fine, perfumed Pinot Noir. A classic Tasmanian sparkling vintage.

2022

Ready
94Excellent

Long, mild ripening produced taut, balanced Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with serious structure. A growers' vintage with low disease pressure.

2021

Ready
96Exceptional

Widely seen as one of the best Tasmanian vintages of the modern era. Even ripening, generous yields, and outstanding wines across Pinot, Chardonnay, Riesling, and sparkling base.

2020

Ready
92Excellent

Warmer and drier than recent norms, with Tasmania largely spared the smoke taint that hit mainland regions during the Black Summer bushfires. Generous, fruit-forward Pinot and Chardonnay.

2019

Ready
93Excellent

Dry, sunny growing season with low disease pressure. Pinot Noir shows ripe red fruit with classic Tasmanian acidity; Chardonnay is concentrated and long.

2018

Ready
95Exceptional

A standout vintage. Warm and even, with high quality across all varieties and a particularly strong year for sparkling base and Chardonnay.

2017

Ready
92Excellent

Cool and late vintage that suited sparkling perfectly. Still wines are more delicate and aromatic, with fine acidity.

2016

Ready
93Excellent

Warm, dry, and early. Concentrated Pinot Noir with ripe tannins and excellent ageing potential.

2015

Ready
94Excellent

Even, mild season producing fragrant, balanced Pinot Noir and tightly built Chardonnay. A benchmark for the era.

White

2024

Ready
95Exceptional

Cool, even season with very good flavour development across Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and sparkling base. Yields back to normal after the small 2023.

2023

Ready
93Excellent

Cool and late, with small yields but excellent natural acidity and fine, perfumed Pinot Noir. A classic Tasmanian sparkling vintage.

2022

Ready
94Excellent

Long, mild ripening produced taut, balanced Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with serious structure. A growers' vintage with low disease pressure.

2021

Ready
96Exceptional

Widely seen as one of the best Tasmanian vintages of the modern era. Even ripening, generous yields, and outstanding wines across Pinot, Chardonnay, Riesling, and sparkling base.

2020

Ready
92Excellent

Warmer and drier than recent norms, with Tasmania largely spared the smoke taint that hit mainland regions during the Black Summer bushfires. Generous, fruit-forward Pinot and Chardonnay.

2019

Ready
93Excellent

Dry, sunny growing season with low disease pressure. Pinot Noir shows ripe red fruit with classic Tasmanian acidity; Chardonnay is concentrated and long.

2018

Ready
95Exceptional

A standout vintage. Warm and even, with high quality across all varieties and a particularly strong year for sparkling base and Chardonnay.

2017

Ready
92Excellent

Cool and late vintage that suited sparkling perfectly. Still wines are more delicate and aromatic, with fine acidity.

2016

Ready
93Excellent

Warm, dry, and early. Concentrated Pinot Noir with ripe tannins and excellent ageing potential.

2015

Ready
94Excellent

Even, mild season producing fragrant, balanced Pinot Noir and tightly built Chardonnay. A benchmark for the era.

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Wine pockets

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Terroir & Character

Climate

Cool maritimeLong ripeningLike ChampagneVariable microclimates

Terroir

BasaltDoleriteSandy loamSub-regional diversity

Typical Aromas

CitrusGreen appleWhite peachSea sprayStrawberryToasted brioche
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Map data: Wine Australia GI Register (CC BY 4.0) · Wine pocket markers from OpenStreetMap (ODbL)