TarraWarra Estate Pinot Noir Rosé 2018
Clare Halloran and Adam McCallum advise that 2018 was “definitely a more challenging vintage, heat and humidity combined to increase disease pressure early on, and warmer days and nights required […]
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TarraWarra Estate Roussanne Marsanne Viognier 2017
TarraWarra Estate have only two rows of each of these vines that were grafted in 2006 to vines planted in 1995. From the excellent 2017 vintage, whole bunch fermentation in […]
TarraWarra Estate South Block Chardonnay 2016
Made with minimal adjustments in the winery: no yeast or acid additions. 10 Months in French oak of which 25% was new with the remainder being 1 and 2 year […]
Wickhams Road Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2018
It is truly beguiling how Franco D’Anna and the Hoddles Creek Estate team can make pinot this good at this price. Bottle image is of 2015, but only the vintage […]
Mandala Rosé 2018
Made from 100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon fruit from Mandala wine’s Dixons Creek site. Mandala, Rosé, Cabernet Sauvignon, Yarra Valley, 2018 Such an evocative nose, filled by pomegranate, white chocolate, water […]
TarraWarra Estate Reserve Pinot Noir 2016
The accompanying media release doesn’t hide that the 2016 vintage started warm, yet with a cool January and February to just slow things down Sourced entirely from the H block, […]
TarraWarra Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2016
Clare Halloran, chief winemaker for TarraWarra makes no attempt to hide the fact that 2016 was warm in the Yarra, with earlier ripening fruit. No malolactic fermentation. Fermented and matured […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Gris 2018
When Pinot Gris is made seriously and by those seeking texture rather than giggle juice, (such as Hoddles Creek here, Derwent Estate, Raidis Estate) the wines become interesting, flavoursome and […]
Mandala Chardonnay 2017
Chardonnay. The Yarra Valley’s white grape hero. Mandala, Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, 2017 Just canting into the savoury side of the chardonnay spectrum with malt, grapefruit and lime citrus before riper […]
Nikkal Chardonnay 2017
The Nikkal range are from the hand of the talented Kate Goodman. This sourced from 2 vineyards in the Yarra Valley: Upper Ngumby in Yarra Glen and a cooler site […]
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