Ocean Eight Grande Chardonnay 2016
Fermented in a mix of new and old large format barrels. Fermented with native/wild yeasts. Extended barrel maturation is intentional to build a wine of power and depth. Ocean Eight, […]
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Ocean Eight Pinot Gris 2019
Mike Aylward is the driving force behind Ocean Eight wines, with all grapes for their range sourced from the estate’s 17 hectares of vineyards. Pinot Gris was the first release […]
Bird On A Wire Chardonnay 2017
Made by Caroline Mooney, the wine was whole bunch pressed to tank, settled and then transferred to oak barrels to allow wild fermentation. 30% of the wine went through malolactic […]
Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. DÜFTE PUNKT 2019
Subtitled “The Aromatic Point” as its translation. Described as “One Vineyard. Three Germanic Luminaries. One Aromatic Explosion” the fruit is from the Fechner Vineyard in the Eden Valley. Made from […]
Bream Creek Pinot Noir 2018
The 2018 vintage for the Bream Creek team was “one of the earliest, quickest and largest vintages to date.” Quality has not suffered for the sake of any of these […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2019
You might be hard pressed to get any of this from Hoddles Creek themselves, but if you’re quick, you might still find some on shelves of your favourite independent retailer. […]
Forrest Wines The Doctors’ Riesling 2018
NZ Lighter launched into Australia at the end of 2019, after successfully being available since 2014 in New Zealand internally. With 18 wineries participating, the initiative sees naturally produced lower […]
West Cape Howe ‘Hanna’s Hill’ Cabernet Malbec 2018
Malbec has a stronghold in Western Australia. West Cape Howe, ‘Hanna’s Hill’, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Frankland River, 2018 This Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec blend offers milk chocolate, perfumed blackberry, mulberry, […]
Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. LUX VENIT 2019
LUX VENIT roughly translates to “the light has come.” Old vine Barossa Valley Grenache (88%) and Mourvèdre (12%). Rarely in Australia is rosé making taken so seriously. Wild ferment, maturation […]
Wolf Blass Exclusive Release Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Exclusive to Aldi stores, this “Australian” blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Barossa, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale Wolf Blass, Exclusive Release, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2018 Aromatic “Fruits […]
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