Dominique Portet Brut Rosé NV | 95 Point Yarra Valley Sparkling

🏆 95 HALLIDAY | TOP 100 WINES | OUTSTANDING AUSTRALIAN SPARKLING

One of Australia's Great-Value Sparkling Rosés

This is a wine that seriously over-delivers.

95 Points – Halliday Wine Companion
Halliday Top 100 Wines

Yarra Valley, Victoria

RRP $49 a bottle

One of Australia's Great-Value Sparkling Rosés

This is a wine that seriously over-delivers.

The Dominique Portet Brut Rosé NV brings together French sparkling-wine tradition with pristine cool-climate fruit from the Upper Yarra Valley, producing a sparkling rosé of remarkable finesse, freshness and complexity.

And the quality hasn't gone unnoticed.

95 points from Halliday Wine Companion and selection among Halliday's Top 100 Wines puts this among Australia's standout sparkling wines. Halliday's Top 100 assessment described it as arguably the best-value Australian sparkling in its group.

At RRP $49, that's a huge endorsement.

Tasting Notes

Expect an elegant, beautifully aromatic sparkling rosé showing:

• Wild strawberry
• Red cherry
• Raspberry
• Rose petals
• Citrus blossom
• Fresh pastry
• Brioche
• Fine mineral notes

The palate is delicate and beautifully poised, with vibrant red berry fruit carried by fine acidity and a soft, silky mousse.

There's enough richness and lees-derived complexity to make it seriously interesting, but the overriding impression is one of freshness, precision and effortless drinkability. The finish is long, mineral and wonderfully refreshing.

95 Points & Halliday Top 100

This isn't simply a good-value sparkling wine.

It has established a serious critical pedigree.

95 Points – Halliday Wine Companion
Halliday Top 100 Wines

Halliday highlighted the wine's focus, intensity, bright fruit and terrific length, ultimately calling it arguably the best-value Australian sparkling among the wines reviewed.

That's extraordinary praise for a sparkling wine around the $50 mark.

Made the Traditional Way

This is not a simple sparkling rosé.

Dominique Portet produces it using the traditional method—the same fundamental process used to produce Champagne.

The current release is made from:

55% Pinot Noir
45% Chardonnay

The fruit is hand-picked before secondary fermentation takes place in bottle. The wine then spends a minimum of 24 months resting on lees in Dominique Portet's cool cellars, building texture and complexity before disgorgement. Dosage is kept to just 5g/L, maintaining freshness and precision.

That extended lees ageing explains the beautiful combination of fresh berries, citrus and florals with subtle pastry and brioche complexity.

Upper Yarra Valley Fruit

The fruit comes from the Upper Yarra Valley, where altitude and cool nights allow Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to ripen slowly while retaining excellent natural acidity.

The current Brut Rosé comes from vines grown at approximately 250 metres elevation, with the cool conditions helping preserve the freshness and finesse essential for premium sparkling wine.

Even more interesting is the use of reserve wine. The current NV blend is anchored by the 2023 vintage but incorporates 15% reserve wines reaching back to 2013, adding another layer of maturity and complexity.

Food Pairings

Brilliant with:

• Fresh oysters
• Smoked salmon
• Kingfish sashimi
• Prawns
• Lobster
• Charcuterie
• Soft cheeses
• Fresh strawberries

Or simply open it as an aperitif.

This is exactly the sort of bottle that disappears remarkably quickly once it's opened.

Why We Love It

There are plenty of Australian sparkling wines around $50.

Very few deliver this level of sophistication.

The Dominique Portet Brut Rosé NV combines Upper Yarra fruit, traditional-method production, extended lees ageing and reserve wines going back a decade, all wrapped into a beautifully elegant and incredibly drinkable sparkling rosé.

Then you have the critical pedigree: 95 points from Halliday Wine Companion and a place in Halliday's Top 100, with Halliday describing it as arguably the best-value Australian sparkling among its peers.

At RRP $49, this is exceptional buying.

If you love Champagne but don't always want to pay Champagne prices, this is exactly the sort of Australian sparkling you should be drinking.

For a party, celebration or simply a bottle to have permanently chilled in the fridge, Dominique Portet Brut Rosé NV is one to buy by the six-pack.

👉 If you love Champagne but want to discover just how good Australian sparkling has become, start here. 95 Halliday and extraordinary value for traditional-method sparkling of this quality.