Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. SALVIS GRATIA* 2021
SALVIS GRATIA roughly translates to “Saving grace.” The CB boys call this new label a “secret project” crafted mid-vintage. Hand harvested from “some of the last remnants of the Madeira […]
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Chaffey Bros Wine Co La Résistance!* 2020
This year a blend of 48% Grenache, 30% Shiraz and 22% Mourvèdre. *Light’s Vision: A Battle for the Barossa. The CB boys explain this better than I can: “A vinous […]
Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. OMNIA NOVA 2021
OMNIA NOVA roughly translates to “All Become New.” Nouveau Style, Old Vine Shiraz/Syrah from the Barossa: Noack vineyard in Springton and the Rohrlach Vineyard in Dorrien. Wild Ferment. 15% Whole […]
Farm Hand Wines One Of A Kind Shiraz 2020
From the team at Fourth Wave Wines. Single vineyard from the Tatachilla are in McLaren Vale. 20% in new French oak and the remainder in older large format barrel. The […]
Ross Hill Pinnacle Series Chardonnay 2019
Ross Hill started in 1994, when Peter and Terri Robson purchased a property on Griffin Road in Orange, NSW, this flagship Chardonnay from their Home Block in the vineyard on […]
Heggies Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay 2017
The flagship of the the Heggies range. Fruit from a single block on the high elevation Heggies Vineyard (Block “i”). For all the clone nerds out there, made from Bernard […]
Heggies Vineyard Estate Chardonnay 2018
Mid level here for the Heggies range. The Heggies Vineyard a fine site, sitting at 500 metres above sea level in the Eden Valley. Fermented and matured for 11 months […]
Heggies Vineyard Cloudline Chardonnay 2021
Heggies range now made by Marc Van Halderen and part of the greater Hill Smith Family Vineyards stable. Label so named as it sits at 500 metres above sea level. […]
Dalrymple Cave Block Chardonnay 2019
Dalrymple sits within the greater Hill Smith Family Vineyard stable (most famous for Yalumba) but easily holds its own among many top tier labels in the Pipers River region of […]
Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2021
Sourced from S+S’s own vineyard in Lenswood and a pretty handy vintage. There’s no need for introduction to the rockstar team assembled at S+S. Shaw + Smith, Pinot Noir, Adelaide […]
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