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Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Smooth, effortless, stylish and seamless. There just some of the obvious observations in this excellent pinot noir. Opens with a burst of cherry and sweet raspberry cut with a little spice and slightly edgier cranberry juice. The palate is light bodied but with a firm structural core supporting the fine and quite pretty fruit. Persistent and focussed through to the...

Pemberton

Riesling

The little extra time in bottle really has this Pemberton riesling humming. Starting to merge the original lemony citrus florals with new and emerging notes of light toast. There’s delightful floral minerality adding to the complexity with a fine lingering finish. I think I would prefer to drink this while the primary fruit characters are just seeing the first hint...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

A really pretty young pinot delivering so much attractive pinot character. Dark cherry and strawberry notes immediately on the nose with a subtle background of spices with lively cranberry juiciness. The oak is neatly infused with the tannins fine and chalky.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

A beautifully appealing young chardonnay from this excellent year. Stone fruit with a nectarine and white peach dominance. A little roasted almond edges in with a scoop of lemon curd. The palate has excellent fruit intensity with the crisp acidity and slightly savoury edge tightening the screws to control a long finish.

Pemberton

Shiraz

A cooler climate shiraz from a warmer year. It's a combination that works well. This is a supple and generous shiraz of medium weight displaying beautiful perfumes and fruit sweetness. Earthy traces creep into the palate to bring an interesting complexity. It's succulent and loaded with a plummy dark chocolate palate mix. Delicious.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Now a 10-year-old cabernet, and it’s just starting to enter that next phase of development, with subtle leathery spiciness emerging. The primary black fruits are now ceding to secondary characters of chocolate, mocha and bay leaf, with a gentle tobacco complexity. This was always an elegant and stylish vintage, and this wine captures that perfectly. Still has time ahead in...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A wine that strongly reflects a powerhouse vintage, with firm tannins a feature. The black fruits on the nose burst out of the glass, alongside subtle raspberry and brick-dust characters. The palate is tightly held by those tannins, but there is ample fruit to balance, and the oak treatment marries perfectly to complete the integration. There’s something classically Bordeaux about...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a sometimes underrated Margaret River vintage, yet every time I taste wines from this year, I’m impressed with the seamless elegance and graceful lines. It lacks the opulence of ’18 or ’20, offering instead notes of bay leaf, tobacco leaf and a mix of dried herbs. The palate reveals more red fruit succulence, with a juicy raspberry–cherry character....

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This vintage generally produced wines of less intensity and weight but with an elegance that makes them excellent medium-term cellaring propositions. The fruit characters are more blackberry and cherry, with oak notes of light cedar and bay leaf. The palate is medium to full-bodied with good structure and control, dry, savoury, and with a slightly oyster shell-like minerality to complete...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This was such a great season in Margaret River, producing wines of immense power and depth, yet with elegance and refinement in perfect balance. This is a beauty. It has a slightly lower cabernet component, probably a result of the vintage's power and structure, complemented by a little more merlot and malbec. Highly scented with notes of blackcurrant and violet,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A short, sharp vintage at the start of COVID turned out to be one of the best, especially for red wines in Margaret River. This is a beauty. It's mostly cabernet, with smaller components of merlot and malbec. Highly fragrant aromas of perfumed violet and charry glazed fruits, with the savoury new French oak fitting in neatly. The palate is...

Great Southern

Sparkling

Gee, this wine's come a long way in the last few years. This is the most complex and complete sparkling wine from Singlefile yet. Wonderful aromas of beeswax, brioche, a little cracked yeast and a light splash of lemon. The palate, which has such a fine bead, is deeply intense, yet wonderfully elegant and refined. Complete through the middle palate,...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This one comes from Denmark and immediately shows a level of sophistication and complexity that have become synonymous with these Family Reserve chardonnays. The vintage is one that has delivered plenty of flavour intensity, and this has been harnessed into a wine that is elegant, controlled and refined. Butterscotch and stone fruit nuances on the nose. And then a palate...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

I expected this to be a mighty good chardonnay from this season, and true to form it has not disappointed. Engaging aromas of lemon zest and grapefruit with a subtle roasted cashew addition. A small amount of malolactic fermentation has introduced a textural element to the palate. On the nose the faintest hint of struck match adds further complexity. It's...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Another super impressive pinot noir under the Family Reserve label from Singlefile. This is a combination of classic Burgundian clones 777 and D5V12, which were planted relatively recently. The season allowed excellent flavour development, and this wine captures that perfectly with deep and lingering intensity, while retaining classic pinot elegance and restraint. The aromas show a combination of red fruits,...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This one comes off the family's Denmark property, and although the season was warm, the slightly more subdued climes have resulted in wines—especially chardonnay—that are quite exceptional. Opens with an inviting combination of lemon pith, cut lime, and a savoriness, while on the palate, other nuances of butterscotch, brioche, and a slightly cashew influence are cut with a little citrus...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Okay, we've got something here. This comes off the family vineyard in Denmark. These vines are now pretty mature and pumping out some classy fruit. The aroma delivers so much of the truffly, slightly funky earthy notes that you get in pinot. It's engaging from the outset, and then into the palate, which is medium-weight but so complex and loaded...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A beautifully fragrant and elegantly structured blend from the Great Southern. Aromas of blackcurrant and ripe plum pudding with a lifted minerally black olive mix. The palate is plush and smoothly textured with fine chalky tannins providing a strong backbone. Quality at an excellent price.

Great Southern

Cabernet Blend

A wine that always delivers, year in and year out. In fact, if you want value for money with a touch of class, this one is right on the money. Dark plum and blackcurrant with a drizzle of chocolate open on the nose. The palate is bright and fruity with a neat controlling thread of oak and tannin. A good...

Great Southern

Cabernet Blend

You can't possibly go past this one for a value-for-money cabernet blend in a great year. Comes from the Great Southern... and it is all that you want in this combination. Dark ripe red fruits, blackcurrant, a little plum, blackberry, and a lift of red fruits to add some vibrancy. The palate is generous, chocolatey, with red fruit and some...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Boy, you're getting a decent chardonnay for this price with this wine. Immediately on the nose, the complexity is evident, with subtle, savoury, almost smoky bacon character, a little roasted cashew and some light toastiness with a butterscotch nuance. The palate is creamy, with light stone fruit and a cane-lifting acidity. This really is quite a beautifully balanced and presented...

Great Southern

Fiano

This variety is most famous for the wines it produces in southern Italy and Sicily, but it has found a home in Western Australia, where it performs well. The aim appears to have been to preserve the vibrant, delicate characters of fiano while retaining a degree of texture on the palate. There is a distinctive citrus mix of lemon and...

Great Southern

Red Varietal

I love the way this wine combines a slightly red, jubey confectionery character with some deeper, wild, earthy fruit notes. But even with the light body, it carries complexity and interest right through to the finish. This is such a delicious current drinking wine from a variety most famously associated with the wines of Beaujolais. This is fragrant, perfumed, and...

Great Southern

Malbec

You're getting a decent bang for your buck with this cracking malbec. Immediately, the deep dark colour is evident. Then the nose delivers a mass of dark chocolate, blackberry and spices. The palate is soft and supple with succulent fruit showing typical malbec juiciness. Plenty to chew on here. A real crowd pleaser.

Great Southern

Malbec

The first thing you notice when you pour this wine is the colour. It is deep, almost inky black with subtle red hues. The striking feature of this malbec is its beautiful mouthfeel and generosity, with those plush, soft, supple fruit flavours providing such a feast for the palate. Loads of spicy red fruits with a subtle mocha character, supported...

Great Southern

Riesling

Astute fruit sourcing has enabled a lightly flavoured elegant young riesling to be produced. Minerals and spices on the nose with a typical lemon zest influence. The palate is bracing and tight with a degree of tension through to long finish. Bone dry finish.

Great Southern

Riesling

The prettiness and fruit clarity of the '26 vintage in the Great Southern are clearly on display here. It is such a beautiful entry-level riesling for Singlefile, but it delivers a lot more than that. Floral, spicy citrus notes on the nose and a thoroughly delightful, textured palate, but with a fine, restrained acidity that carries through to a long...

Great Southern

Rose

This has leapfrogged right the top of Australia’s best roses. It’s made from sangiovese, a variety that suits rose styles. Exotic floral aromas with a mix of cranberry and pomegranate. The palate is textured and light with a beautiful fine and delicate acid providing definition. Lovely light red berry fruits on the palate. This might just be the best of...

Great Southern

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

This is a really well made young blended white from the Great Southern. Sure, it’s restrained in line with the vintage, but there is quite beautiful perfume and then a precise palate with a persistent light flavour. Has a crunchy lightly citrus and minerally feel with a little light nuttiness and a keen lip-smacking acid to lift on the crunchy...

Great Southern

Tempranillo

The aim in this medium-bodied wine seems to have been to preserve the supple, juicy fruit characters that are part of the varietal DNA, so there has been no new oak influence. The colour is a deep purply crimson. The nose shows an earthy, slightly savoury red fruit character, and the palate is silky smooth, supple, and juicy, with loads...

Great Southern

White Varietal

A most attractive and quite beautiful vermentino from Mount Barker. Aromas reveal a little lemon citrus and green apple with a faint hint of musk. Palate is fine and delicate but with nice texture balanced by a fine persistent acidity. Excellent current drinking wine.

Great Southern

White Varietal

This wine is sourced from Frankland River and has produced a wine of pristine purity and freshness, with lively palate flavours that make it immediately appealing. On the nose, there’s a fresh sea spray character with a slightly saline-like spice and subtle lemony note. It’s intense, yet retains the delicacy that makes vermentino so appealing. Certainly as an aperitif, but...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A most impressive sparkling wine using fruit sourced from the Great Southern and Pemberton. It has a light and slightly fluffy bright mouth feel, but with a deep flavour. Nutty brioche and lemon zest on the nose with a palate that is dry and crisp. It is ideal as an aperitif wine.

Great Southern

Riesling

The fruit for this excellent riesling comes from the Misery Hill Vineyard in the Porongurup Range. Strikes immediately with a lime zest and sherbet-like aroma merged with a slightly chalky limestone dust. The palate is tense and tightly framed but there is texture. A trace of sea spray lifts from the nose to complete a very good wine.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This comes off the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. It is a very good example of this vintage which produced quite linear and precise wines, yet with classic Bordeaux structure and character. Deep dark berry nuances throughout then a slightly leafy blackcurrant and ironstone rust emerges. The tannins are firm and fine and the oak well managed. A wine of...

Great Southern

Sparkling

This is a most impressive sparkling wine from Singlefile. It's been blended over seven vintages from 2015 through to 2021, and the final mix is about 84% chardonnay with the remainder pinot noir. It spent four years on lees, and that influence is clearly evident on the nose, which shows a rich honey and cashew combination, yet still with a...

Great Southern

Sauvignon Blanc

This restrained vintage required a deft touch when it came to the addition of oak, especially with fume styles like this one. Fortunately, these guys know what they are doing and have produced a highly drinkable young savvy will a compelling mix of lemon zest and light toasty cashew. Crisp long palate with a nice finish of oak.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Thoroughly beautiful chardonnay from a Denmark vineyard planted in 1989. It was whole bunch pressed and fermented in a one third new and two thirds one year old French barriques. Partial malolactic fermentation with regular lees stirring over six months. On the nose grapefruit and zest lemon emerge. The palate has a fine minerality and delicate acid to sustain through...

Great Southern

Red Blend

This is quite simply, beautiful. It's from a blend of shiraz grenache and mataro sourced from Frankland River. Highly scented aromas with notes of spicy plum and mulberry plus a little black cherry complexity. The palate is velvety and generous as the combination of subtle oak and fine tannins knit it together. Has a dry savoury red dirt finish.

Great Southern

Red Blend

A blend of syrah, mataro and grenache from the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. Interesting that the syrah includes a couple of Rhone clones, 877 and 470, which are starting to have a significant impact on WA syrahs. Perfumed exotic notes of spices and red fruit. The palate is medium weight, elegant and seamlessly refined. Love the chewy fine grained...