95 Points – James Halliday - Juicy fruit flavours of grapefruit, white peach and lemon zest are tightly bound with crisp acidity and subtle cedary oak. Providing for an elegant yet complex Chardonnay with great length.
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The fruit for this wine was sourced from some of the Yarra Valley's premium pinot noir sites. The wine exhibits fresh strawberry, cherry and plum notes, flavours which carry through to the palate. A well balanced, elegant wine showing ripe flavours... Read full article
This hand picked early harvest wine is bright crimson with hints of cherry, strawberry and kirsch. Intense bright berry flavours give to a long sweet finish. Whole bunch carbonic maceration. ... Read full article
This low alcohol content wine has fresh aromas of berry fruits, kiwi fruit and Muscat. It has medium sweet flavours of raspberry, strawberry, nectarine and limes. Light and fresh on the palate. It finishes sweet, but clean and very moreish.... Read full article
The essence of great chardonnay. White peach, grapefruit and a hint of spicy oak. Beautifully balanced with a lovely lingering finish. Still very youthful but promises to reward good cellaring with additional power and complexity.... Read full article
Hand picked and sorted. Fermented in small open fermenters, 20 days maceration (colour took around 10 days to deepen), 14 months in 500L French casks. Regular gravity racking and aeration during oak maturation. Minimal handling to bottle. ... Read full article
A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet franc. Our Cabernets is an elegant, medium-bodied wine with vibrant redcurrant and black current fruits, fine tannins and a veneer of French oak. Rated 94 points – 2015 Halliday wine companion.... Read full article
Payne's Rise Cabernet Sauvignon is an elegant medium-bodied cabernet with clear varietal expression of cassis / blackberry and red cherry fruits. A savoury line of flavour with dark fruits, spice, herbs and a super fine tannin structure.... Read full article
Sourced from the Willowlake vineyard at Gladysdale in the Yarra Valley. This is one of the oldest vineyards in Gladysdale, planted in 1981. The vintage is regarded as one of the best of the last three decades.... Read full article
Sourced from the 1988 planted Stewart vineyard at the top of Price’s Rd, Gladysdale. We have leased and farm the vineyard ourselves, which we are slowly restoring to full production. With poor flowering, the crop load was only 1.5t/Ha.... Read full article
Our classic ‘Bordeaux blend’ is made with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot. The relatively high percentage of Cabernet Franc may very well be contributing to the sweet floral and cherry-fruit dominant aromas.... Read full article