Regions

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

It makes a lot of sense that if you're going to make a chenin blanc you go to the Swan Valley. This warmer year produced chenin of tremendous flavour and balance. This has it all, with a lemony citrus and red apple character, especially on the nose. A keen twist of lemon and lime adds to the clean finish.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Gosh, there were some terrific chenins from the Swan valley in ’23 and this is yet another. Everything just fits together so well. Loads of citrus character and light tropical fruit on the nose. Exquisite weight and flavour intensity on the palate with its zingy lime and lightly appley characters. What a joy to drink.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Captures the very essence of Swan Valley chenin blanc. This is a lovely wine from this slightly warmer year, so the fruit is generous and intensely flavoursome, but it retains the crisp, natural acidity of chenin, even from the Swan, producing a quite beautiful drink. Lifted aromas of citrus and apple with a slightly Sherbert character. The palate is slightly...

Margaret River

Fiano

This fiano is sourced out of Margaret River and has a lot going for it. It's a variety that's really found a home in many places in Western Australia, and Margaret River in particular. The nose has a slightly lemony citrus character, with fresh sea foam minerality. The palate, though, is quite intense with a nutty lemon zip about it.

Geographe

Shiraz Blend

Intense perfumes of red berry and light spice with a hint of African violet open things on the nose. It’s what you expect from this classic combination from Geographe. Smooth and seamlessly woven integrated palate with the supple fruit supported by fine chalky tannins and just the lightest touch of oak.

Geographe

Tempranillo

From the outset, tempranillo has proved to be well suited to pockets of Georgraphe. This from the intense ’22 vintage is packed with all the red punchy fruits you expect with this variety. Delicious blackberry and plum with a subtle liqueur cherry character. It’s spicy and laced with subtle dried herbs to complement the plush fruit. Tannins add definition. Bright...

Margaret River

Fiano

A highly perfumed and flavoursome example of this Italian variety that is making solid inroads into the Australian drinking psyche. Sourced from Margaret River. A mix of honey nectar and a squeeze of lemon to tighten creates a delicious current drinking wine. It’s textured and seamless with a lovely satiny feel.

Margaret River

Fiano

There's not masses of this variety planted in Western Australia, but whenever it emerges, it shows just how good it can be, especially down at Margaret River. This is a fiano with a bright, lively feel about it. On the nose, there's a little lime and even a faint hint of coriander, with a squeeze of lemon. The palate has...

Geographe

Red Blend

Come on guys, you have to love this wonderful blend of these three Rhone varieties sourced from Geographe. It's soft and supple but still with a chalky core of tannin and oak providing its poise and direction. It's really about the fruit with only a small amount of oak influence. Super wine for current drinking while all that vibrant youthful...

Geographe

Sauvignon Blanc

This consistently produces some terrific current drinking on release. It’s a lovely, perfumed, aromatic wine with fairly typical notes of tropical fruits and passionfruit, with a little squeeze of lemon to bring it to life. The palate has lovely pristine fruit purity with a slightly minerally, slatey character, and the finish is long. Excellent current drinking wine.

Perth Hills

Tempranillo

If you're looking for a delicious and scrumptious red wine, then this tempranillo hits the mark fair and square. Lifted floral notes of cherry and plummy raspberry. The palate is soft and warm with an almost cuddly feel. Sweet spicy plum fill the palate delivering to a pleasing long finish.

Geographe

Tempranillo

It's hard to imagine a better current-drinking and delicious tempranillo than this Geographe-sourced example of the famous Spanish variety. Loaded with liqueur cherry and dark plum, aromatic with a lift of perfumed exotic fruits. The palate captures the juicy plushness of the variety with a little spicy lift. Very much about highly energised fruit and delicious drinking.

Margaret River

Viogner

No mistaking this is viognier. It was sourced from Margaret River in this warmer year. Loaded with apricot and orange marmalade characters initially on the nose and then carried through into the palate. A little lift of warm ginger and subtle lemon pith contribute. It is a less opulent style which I like.

Perth Hills

Shiraz Blend

This is all estate-grown shiraz and merlot from Millbrook's Perth Hills vineyard. The colour is the palest of pale pink and onion blush. The nose has some delightfully light, fragrant red berry nuances. And then the palate is fine, crisp, with a refreshing zinginess about it. It also has texture, which makes for such a lovely mouthfeel and completes what...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

This is a light bodied savvy, but one with plenty of fruit intensity delivered with precision and focus. Lift of passionfruit with a light herbaceous character engages on the nose. On the palate the minerally acidity lifts the fruit, presenting a thoroughly beautiful example of the fresh vibrant fruit driven style.

Geographe

Tempranillo

A firmish, though still, plush, tempranillo sourced from Geographe. The aromas are typical of blackberry, raspberry, and cherry-like notes. The palate, as it opens, reveals a juicy, plush fruitiness, plenty of red berry and plum with a lift of spice. The tannins are quite soft and the oak understated. Has a juicy, crunchy vibrancy on the finish with a subtle...

Geographe

Chardonnay

Impressive chardonnay sourced from the Geographe region. Beautiful opening with lemon scents and edgy grapefruit evident on the nose. The palate has achieved a high level of complexity with a flinty charry edge to the lime dominated citrus nuance. A tight minerally savoury finish completes a tidy wine.

Geographe

Chardonnay

This is such an appealing chardonnay, ideal for drinking over the next few years. It’s rich in flavour and beautifully poised and presented. The fruit comes from the Talisman Vineyard, which is well known for high-quality fruit. The nose has a slightly citrusy, pithy character, with some nice, richer lemon meringue-type notes. The palate is creamy and rich, with a...

Swan Valley

Grenache

The fruit source for this excellent current drinking grenache is the Swan Valley and that makes sense. It's made as a minimal intervention wine after hand picking and in this case was fermented with some whole bunches and then the use of carbonic maceration to really lift the palate and bring those vibrant fresh young red fruits to the fore....

Swan Valley

Grenache

Swan Valley grenache is the source for this quite beautiful expression of the variety. Such a bright, lively, and fresh grenache. Screaming for current drinking. It was made using a mix of whole bunches and whole berry, with open fermentation in concrete. Time on skins has allowed the fine tannins to integrate neatly with the vibrant red fruit. There's a...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is a lo-fi expression of Pemberton chardonnay, which gives quite a different dimension to this variety. It was whole bunch pressed and wild fermented in 500-litre French puncheons and ceramic eggs, with full solids used to add both texture and complexity. Has an intensity on the palate with fine, minerally fruit and slight and subtle nectarine characters. I like...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is such a striking wine made from Pemberton chardonnay. It was fermented in a combination of older French oak puncheons and ceramic eggs and has produced a wine that is a pure, bright, and fresh expression of chardonnay from this terrific region. There's a nice lemon meringue character on the palate with a slightly savoury balancing offset. Beautiful mouthfeel,...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

There's a little bit happening in this naturally fermented lo-fi chenin blanc that comes from a vineyard in Margaret River. A small portion of the fruit was pressed to concrete eggs, and this has contributed to its vibrant freshness, especially on the nose. Time on lees with regular stirring has introduced that textural feel into the mid-palate, but the essential...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

There are so many really interesting chenin blancs being produced in Western Australia these days. This one’s from Margaret River and it’s made with natural fermentation and minimal intervention, with low sulphur and no filtration. There’s some skin contact after the wild fermentation, and it gets some maturation after the fermentation in older French oak and even some ceramic eggs....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A pure varietal expression of Margaret River cabernet. Loads of blackcurrant and dark chocolate on the nose with traces of light graphite and bay leaf. There’s power here and there’s a degree of elegance. Medium to full bodied wine of concentration and persistence. Classy wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is an impressive blanc de blanc style made from Margaret River chardonnay. Shows tremendous intensity on the nose and palate. Lift of floral lemon notes with traces of fresh baked bread and lightly roasted cashew. The palate has real power with a fresh bready yeasty character providing plenty. Bit going on here.

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

A fragrant and highly perfumed wine that illustrates the characters of this variety beautifully. It's elegant and medium bodied but still highly flavoursome with a silky-smooth palate structure built on lovely fruit and fine-grained oak supported by silky tannins. Nice jubey red fruit characters with just a trace of mineral oyster shell and bay leaf.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A very tidy wine from this cooler vintage. There is 25% new French oak, and it gets 14 months. The mid palate is boosted by malbec with petit verdot and cab franc which works into the meaty blackcurrant fruit with a little black olive and bay leaf character. There is a good tannin structure with neat oak integration. Not a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is matured in 20% new French and the rest seasoned. It's a blend of four different clones – 2 Dijon, Gingin and P58. These were all planted by George Heydon. It's a delicate style of chardonnay with oak and subtle condiment rather than a significant structural. It has a saline briny character with a lip-smacking finish. No malolactic fermentation...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

There’s a light golden colour that is immediately attractive, The aromas of butterscotch and lemon curd with a little quince paste are engaging pointing to a wine of intensity. The palate is so well balanced with neatly managed oak spliced into the generous though precise fruit. Has a lifted minerality and crunchy chalky acidity providing vibrancy and energy.

Margaret River

Red Varietal

This is a 57% merlot, 29% cabernet franc and the rest petit verdot. Has had 13 months in a mix of seasoned Hungarian and French oak hogsheads. Has a bright violet and red berry perfume. IT's medium bodied with a lovely aromatic. The red berry characters are well to the fore. It's a medium bodied wine, displaying elegance and poise....

Margaret River

Red Blend

There’s a bit of Bordeaux Right Bank in the blend here. All indications are that this is going to develop into a beautiful wine. It’s already showing heaps of promise. Lifted red and black fruit aromatics with some nice dusty tobacco leaf characters. The palate is medium bodied but with plenty of intensity and power. Sinewy tannins and decent hit...

Margaret River

Mourvèdre

This comes from the Swinney vineyard in Frankland River. This is a cracking wine displaying the distinctive regional ironstone light rust characters. Only 20% new French. There is a lift of perfumed red fruits with a little raspberry character. The palate is medium weight and so beautifully elegant and stylish. Has some nice wild brambly dried herbs characters.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A classy wine of tremendous concentration and palate depth. This gets 44% new French and the balance older oak, spending nine months in barriques. The oak is more obvious but still well integrated. There's a lemon creamy brioche characters with slightly savoury and slightly saline notes as well. Also, this wine doesn't get malolactic fermentation. Has a slight lemon and...

Margaret River

Petit Verdot

This is a mighty good example of a varietal made from a variety that is generally used as a blending option with cabernet. The colour is deep and glowing red and crimson, while the nose exhibits an earthy black fruit combination. The palate shows a firm core of grainy tannins and neat oak, of which 20% was new. It's smooth...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Rich and highly textured chardonnay. The colour is golden yellow. The nose is something else. Lemon curd, quince and subtle spices with a slight struck match leesy complexity. Then the palate delivers with a fine linear mouth feel that starts with a richer butterscotch and cashew character, then lets the limestone chalky acid and slightly savouriness finish it. Excellent wine.

Margaret River

Rose

Bright crimson, pink colour captures the style perfectly. Displays light strawberry and raspberry on the nose. Traces of Turkish Delight bring more interest. It’s light bodied with a persistent palate sustained by a crisp acid.

Margaret River

Semillon

This gets six months in older barriques. Fermented in tank and then matured in oak. Has a distinctive and lovely lemon zest aroma with traces of subtle lemon pith and an almost guava-like character. A trace of fresh cut grass brings another dimension to the wine with its honeysuckle nuances most appealing. I like the weight and palate feel of...

Margaret River

Semillon

An immediately fragrant semillon from this very good year. Lift of lemon citrus displays the essential character of a variety that is so well suited to Margaret River. This is fine crisp and clean yet there is excellent fruit intensity holding to a long finish. Crunchy and vibrant with a light texture.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This is a solid shiraz using 20% new French oak and the rest seasoned. Got about 12 months in oak. Has a savoury ripe plum character with a little earthiness and savoury notes. It has a bright vibrancy about it with a juicy plush fruit expression. It's a very youthful wine displaying a bright palate feel. Future years will have...