Gundog Estate Indomitus Albus Semillon 2017
Matt Burton from Gundog Estate has created the Indomitus range as a challenge to the norms of winemaking for Semillon and Shiraz. The packaging also attractive “based on photographs taken […]
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Margan Shiraz 2016
Margan are located in the Broke region of the Hunter Valley and have a simply fabulous cellar door and restaurant, drenched in accolades. Margan, Shiraz, Hunter Valley, 2016 Garnet ruby […]
Gartelmann Diedrich Shiraz 2015
This year the flagship is sourced from Orange and matured in French and American oak. Cleaned up at the 2016 and 2017 Orange Wine Shows winning the Trophy for Best […]
Gartelmann Sarah Elizabeth Chardonnay 2016
Barrel fermented in “new and one year old 500 litre puncheons and 300 litre hogsheads.” 10 months in oak with monthly lees stirring but no malolactic fermentation. This vintage the […]
Gartelmann Wilhelm Shiraz 2015
Abiding by Australian laws, only 85% of the grapes need to be from one area to have that on the label. In this case 86% of the grapes were grown […]
Gartelmann Benjamin Semillon 2017
Gartelmann are based on the eastern side of the Hunter Valley, in the Lovedale region, while the fruit for this Semillon from the dry grown, 77 year old Bainton vineyard […]
Brokenwood Chardonnay 2016
Whilst Brokenwood are based in the Hunter Valley, they access quality fruit from other regions. In this case, the majority of the grapes come from Beechworth in Victoria (49%) with […]
Brokenwood ILR Reserve Semillon 2011
The flagship white wine from Brokenwood. ILR are the initials of Iain Leslie Riggs, Brokenwood’s Chief Winemaker, managing director and all round good guy. No ILR was made in 2010 […]
Brokenwood Semillon 2017
The 2018 vintage is starting to wrap up in the Hunter Valley, which means that the very first commercial wines from this vintage won’t be far away! Semillon is the […]
Gundog Estate Sunshine Vineyard Semillon 2014
A few years ago, the AWRI researched the soils of the Hunter Valley where semillon was grown and it seemed to thrive on sandier soils close to a water source. […]
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