Terre à Terre

Terre à Terre, a French expression meaning Down to Earth, is a small family business run by husband and wife team Xavier Bizot and Lucy Croser. They mostly source fruit from their vineyard located next to Tapanappa’s Whalebone Vineyard, at the top of a north-south limestone ridge in Wrattonbully, one of Australia’s most exciting regions.

Joanna – Wrattonbully, SA – Australia

Brief history of Terre à Terre

In 2008, Terroir Selections released its first wine, Terre à Terre, a unique barrel fermented Sauvignon Blanc from its close-spaced vineyard in Wrattonbully, SA. Xavier and Lucy decided to name this wine Terre à Terre, which translates as Down to Earth in Australian.

Terre a Terre labelFor more information on Terre à Terre, tasting notes and reviews, please go to our website: www.terreaterre.com.au

Terre a Terre Wine Companion Results

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On July 30, 2015
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Terre a Terre Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Fermented in a mix of 14 used French barriques and 10 600l demi muids, left on lees for 1 month, racked, SO2 added and returned to one 2000l foudre and 10 demi muids. Xavier Bizot has well and truly mastered the impossible: given tremendous texture and structure by the […]

Andrew Graham looks at some imports (and more)

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On August 20, 2014
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Clever imports (and more) from Terroir Selections While it’s been brutally hard for our export focused winemakers, the record strength of our Aussie dollar has been useful for one thing – encouraging an ever expanding smorgasbord of imported goodies. The following spread comes from Xavier Bizot and Lucy Croser’s Terroir Selections portfolio; the depths of […]

Down to Earth makes Halliday Top 100… again!

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On November 19, 2013
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For the second year running the Down to Earth Sauvignon Blanc has made it into James Halliday’s Top 100 with a whopping 96 points. Here is the full review: 2013 Down to Earth Sauvignon Blanc Estate-grown, hand-picked, cool fermented in tank, and 5% matured in a new French foudre (upright vat). Continues a proud track […]

James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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On July 26, 2013
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The 2014 edition of Halliday’s annual tome has hit the shelves. Here’s how our producer’s fared: Tapanappa 2008 Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc – 96 points, Top list for Other Reds 2008 Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz – 95 points 2012 Fleurieu Peninsula Pinot Noir – 95 points 2011 Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay Terre à Terre Down […]

Recent reviews for Tapanappa, Terre a Terre and Daosa

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On January 22, 2013
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Some great reviews have been coming through for a couple of our domestic producers: Tapanappa Foggy Hill 2010 Pinot Noir, 95 points in the latest Wine Companion Magazine:see here Winsor Dobbin also praises the 2010 Foggy Hill in a recent article: here Patrick Haddock gives 95 points to the impressive 2008 Whalebone Merlot Cabernet Franc: […]

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On December 20, 2011
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The positive reviews of the Terre à Terre 2011 Pinot Gris continue, this time with Andrew Graham of www.ozwinereview.com providing extensive comments on the wine and finding it “delectable” with “a freshness that [he] genuinely prefers”. He has awarded it 17.8/92+ points. The full review can be found on his website at: http://www.ozwinereview.com/2011/12/terre-terre-wrattonbully-botrytis-pi…

WISH Magazine

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On December 5, 2011
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A couple of Terroir’s wines featured this week in The Australian’s WISH Magazine, our own Terre à Terre 2011 Btrytis Pinot Gris, and Pascal Cotat’s 2010 Les Montes Damnes Sancerre. Author: Angus Hughson Source: The Australian – WISH Magazine Review Date: Friday, December 2, 2011 Terre à Terre 2011 Botrytis Pinot Gris A very aromatic and pretty style […]

Andrew Graham looks at a range of our imports

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On August 24, 2011
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Andrew Graham sat down and looked at a range of Terroir Selections’ wines. The full article can be found on his website, Australia Wine Review, here: http://www.ozwinereview.com/2011/08/charismatc-imports-from-xavier-bizot… The specific wine reviews are as follows: Ceretto Blange Langhe Arneis 2010 (Piedmont, Italy) 12.5% A big volume wine apparently but shows all the Arneis good bits. Green apple […]

James Halliday Wine Companion results

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On July 28, 2011
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Congratulation to Tapanappa and Terre à Terre on their recent results in the latest James Halliday Australian Wine Companion. Tapanappa recevied 5 red starts, the highest rating awarded, with its wines receiving a 96, three 94s, a 92 and a 91 (for full reviews head to http://www.tapanappawines.com.au). Terre à Terre again achieved 5 stars, and followed […]

New agencies for Terroir Selections in July: Tapanappa Wines, Ceretto and François Lumpp

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On June 27, 2011
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Terroir Selections is pleased to announce that is has been appointed byTapanappa Wines as its new Australian distributor from July 1st, 2011. A jointly issued media release announcing this new partnership is attached below. In addition Terroir welcomes to it’s import portfolio the wines from Domaine François Lumpp of the Côte Chalonnaise, and the wines […]

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