Castle Rock Estate Porongurup Riesling 2024
The mainstay of Castle Rock Estate’s Rieslings since 1986. All estate fruit that is machine picked from a blend of all 6 Riesling blocks. Only free run juice used from […]
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Castle Rock Estate Skywalk Riesling 2024
Named after a local geological feature. Entry level but no means a lesser wine. Utilising some of the medium pressings from each Riesling block (machine harvest) rather than just free […]
DAOSA Blanc de Blancs 2020
DAOSA (Dedicated Artisans of South Australia) is the sparkling arm of Terre à Terre wines: Xavier Bizot and Lucy Croser. The 2020 vintage sees the same winemaking as the previous […]
DAOSA Rosé 2022
The third release of this label from Xavier and Lucy Bizot and the Terre a Terre team. A shift in the blend, with Pinot Meunier being dominant (66%) Pinot Noir […]
DAOSA Natural Réserve NV 7th Release
The 7th release of this label from Xavier and Lucy Bizot. Comprising 85% from the 2022 vintage, a blend of Pinot Noir (57%) and Chardonnay (35%) and Pinot Meunier (8%), […]
Howard Park Jeté Grand Vintage 2019
The 2019 release sees a Chardonnay dominant blend (74%) and only 26% Pinot Noir. The fruit coming off the Mount Barrow vineyard in the Mount Barker sub-region of Great Southern […]
Howard Park Jeté Rosé NV (2024 Release)
This release, based from the 2021 vintage sees a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. From Howard Park’s Mount Barker vineyard. Tiraged in December 2021 and then disgorged in batches, […]
Howard Park Jeté Premier Brut NV (2024 Release)
The base vintage here is 2021 with a blend of 47% Chardonnay, 43% Pinot Noir and 10% Meunier. Some parcels matured in new oak with select batches going through malolactic […]
Howard Park Petit Jeté Blanc de Blancs NV (2024 Release)
100% Chardonnay here from the highly regarded Howard Park Wines and Burch family. 2022 vintage sees most of the base wine. Some new oak for maturation and some parcels underwent […]
Best’s Great Western Blanc de Noir 2024
The second vintage release of this sneaky ‘white from black’ bubbly. Made from 100% Shiraz (maybe the only BdN made from Shiraz in the land?) harvested from the Sugarloaf Creek […]
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