Mayfield Three Boys Cabernet Blend 2023
Mayfield’s Three Boys blend sees 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Winemaking sees maturation in French oak hogsheads and puncheons (8% new) for 12 months prior to […]
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Mayfield Jonty Met Otto Cabernet Franc 2023
Cabernet Franc doesn’t need to be rustic and dusty. Think Anjou style from cooler climes with red fruit and herbaceous qualities. Fruit matured for 12 months in older French puncheons, […]
Slow Wine Co Reserve Pinot Noir 2021
From grapes grown on 30+ year old Bantry Grove vineyard. Will Rikard-Bell has been the winemaker for the Slow Wine Co (sic) out of Orange NSW for over 10 years. […]
Slow Wine Co Chardonnay 2021
Will Rikard-Bell has been the winemaker for the Slow Wine Co (sic) out of Orange NSW for over 10 years. Vines were planted in 1990 by Terrey Johnson on the […]
First Ridge Fiano 2024
A sneak peek of First Ridge’s 2024 Fiano. At time if writing the 2023 is still available via the website (and bottle image below is of that vintage). 30% put […]
First Ridge Barbera 2022
First Ridge’s Barbera vines are grown at the highest part of their vineyard in Mudgee, NSW at just under 600 metres, where the top soils are shallow, with shale rock […]
Stockman’s Ridge Signature Range Left Bank 2022
Stockman’s Ridge vineyard sitting at 800m above sea level and include these French varieties along with cooler climate heroes such as Pinots Gris and Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Gruner Veltliner. […]
Stockman’s Ridge Signature Range Right Bank 2022
Stockman’s Ridge vineyard sitting at 800m above sea level and include these French varieties along with cooler climate heroes such as Pinots Gris and Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Gruner Veltliner. […]
Castle Rock Estate Diletti Pinot Noir 2023
Honouring the family name. Handpicked fruit. 78% Whole bunches went into the fermenters which were filled with CO2 gas and sealed for carbonic maceration. Transferred to French oak (14% new) […]
Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noir 2023
Western Australia isn’t the first place you think of for classy, structured Pinot Noir, yet Castle Rock Estate, located in the sub-region of Porongurup, part of the Great Southern GI […]
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