Singlefile

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This sits at the pinnacle of the Singlefile suite of red wines. This is certainly one of the best, and it is classically defined cabernet. It comes off the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River in a season that produced exceptional wines. Blackcurrant, a little ferrous oxide, some leafy notes with an edge of olive tapenade and a dollop of chocolate....

Frankland River

Shiraz

A thoroughly scrumptious shiraz from the Donnelly River Vineyard at Frankland River. The colour is deep dark red with crimson hues. The nose is seductive, with dark plum, spices, a little liquorice and some nice, subtle peppery notes. The palate is soft, plush and generous, supported by slightly grainy tannins, giving it a textural feel, while the oak is subliminal...

Frankland River

Red Blend

An engaging combination of mataro, grenache and shiraz working in perfect harmony. Lovely red-fruit notes with a slightly ferrous edge on the nose. It's a wine that seems to have been fine-tuned over the years. And the result is a wine of impeccable poise and balance, with beautifully integrated fruit that is allowed to fully express itself. Some dry, savoury...

Frankland River

Grenache

Year in and year out, this has to be one of my go-to grenaches from Western Australia. It just never disappoints, and this one is another ripper. Beautiful rose-petal, red-berry and slightly juby nuances on the nose. And a bright-as-a-button palate that elevates with abundant red fruits. A slightly ferrous minerality for complexity and a beautiful, textured, slightly grainy mouthfeel....

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

These pinots from Singlefile continue to be some of the prettiest and most beautiful examples of the variety. In this case, it comes from a single plot in Mount Barker. Wonderfully exotic, engaging aromas that are floral, with slight raspberry-strawberry combinations and even a little blackberry. The palate is satiny and seamless, displaying intricate integration of fine tannin and oak,...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

I just love the concept of the small-batch wines that Singlefile releases. In this case, the chardonnay comes in a little later than normal, and so the rich flavours have a chance to really build. It was wild-fermented in new Burgundian oak, and it's created a wine that's rich in butterscotch and stone fruit, while retaining a defining savoury edge...

How good is it to see a wine that's had that little extra bottle age before it's released? This one from the cracking '23 vintage is one of the best yet under this label. The aromas are compelling, complex and captivating. Butterscotch, stone fruit, some savoury notes and a little lightly roasted cashew swirl through a beautiful aromatic mix. The...

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

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...

Porongurup

Riesling

Everything about this wine says elegance and refinement, even the beautifully tapered bottle. The aromas are distinctly mineral and spicy, with some lovely stone-washed characters, a faint hint of bath salts and a little lemon essence. The palate keeps that fine tension, but it's under control and still allows the fruit to express itself quite beautifully. Nice talcy acidity. A...

Mount Barker

Riesling

Okay, so we're taking things up a notch here with riesling. The aromas are more mineral with a little lemon zest and some subtle bath-salt influences. The palate shows a degree of tension and some slatey, wet-pebble characters, but it also carries the beautiful, pristine fruit qualities of the 2026 vintage. The finish is precise and long, but that lovely...

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

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

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

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...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a warm to hot vintage throughout Western Australia, but the slightly cooler Frankland River region has tempered the heat, resulting in wines of impressive quality. This is certainly a powerful and expressive cabernet from the season. The colour is deep red and the aromas show a distinct blackcurrant and plummy character with a lift of leafy, cherry-like notes....

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

Arneis

I love these small batch wines that Singlefile produces from time to time, and this is a cracking example of a variety most famous from the Piedmont region of Italy. The wine shows a lovely lifted aroma that is slightly citrusy and slightly nutty, which is fairly typical of the variety. The palate then strikes with a more textural influence,...

Porongurup

Riesling

This has developed into one of the state's finest and most consistent rieslings. It comes from the cooler environs of the Porongurup, and on the nose there’s a flinty, crushed wet pebble character working with a spicy, lemony citrus touch. The palate delivers a distinctly linear but intense flavour profile with chalky acidity, citrus notes, and regional minerality. It's delicate...

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

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

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

Shiraz

This was a warm to hot season in the Great Southern, yet the slightly cooler influence of this southern region has tempered the heat, resulting in wines of generous acidity and flavour with supple palate appeal. Plummy red fruit notes with a spicy character on the nose and a palate that is delicious and rich, with slightly chocolatey, plummy flavours...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This wine within the Singlefile portfolio has evolved over recent years into one of the best value wines released anywhere in the state. And it might be value for money, but it's made with some serious intent, including wild yeasts and some nice oak treatment to develop complexity. There's also been some regular lees stirring, which has introduced a textural...

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

Red Varietal

This is a variety that is just starting to make its presence felt in certain areas of Australia. And in Frankland, it's certainly found a home. It's one of the small batches that Singlefile does from time to time. This is a beautifully fragrant, exotic, medium-bodied red with a variety that hails from Spain. Shows some delightful spicy lifted red...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the pinnacle of Singlefile's red wine portfolio, and it comes from the famous Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. Okay, this was a cooler year, and yet the vineyard has certainly pumped out some classy fruit that has been captured in this quite tightly refined expression of cabernet. First things first—give it a decent splash and decant to open...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is another of the wines Singlefile sources from Frankland, and this one speaks so much of region and variety—and, for that matter, vintage. It's medium- to full-bodied, but it has a subtlety and an understatement. Blackcurrant, dark plum, and slightly minerally ironstone nuances provide an engaging opening on the nose. The palate is smoothly integrated and presents with a...

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

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...

Frankland River

Grenache

Grenache. Frankland River. It just makes so much sense. And here is another example of how this variety is thriving in the southern region. This is in the medium-bodied zone and is simply bursting with bright red floral fruits—initially on the nose and then into that medium-bodied, refined, silky-smooth palate that captures this variety and this region so perfectly. Really...

Frankland River

Red Blend

This is a juicy and delicious blend of mataro, grenache, and shiraz. So, it's your classic GSM blend, and it comes from Frankland River. Medium-bodied and loaded with bright red fruits, showing a mix of redcurrant, mulberry, a little cranberry, and some nice spices and dried herbs. The palate is just so appealing, with its vibrant, high-energy red fruits bursting...

Frankland River

Shiraz

This was sourced from a vineyard in Frankland River and shows what a well-managed vineyard in a warm year can do. It also shows how good shiraz can be in Frankland. This one has a spicy, faintly peppery, plummy note with touches of blackberry. The palate is supple, but there is a chalkiness about it, contributing to a slightly gravelly...

Frankland River

Malbec

Okay, here is the juicy, vibrant red fruit deliciousness that is malbec from the Great Southern. This is just thoroughly delicious—from the opening on the nose of its slightly plummy, herby, mulberry nuances through to the medium-weight, finely balanced and poised palate, supported by very fine tannins and just the faintest hint of oak. It's soft, it's round, it's ready...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Over recent years, this high-class chardonnay has been elevated into the top tier of West Australian chardonnays. It comes from a single vineyard in Denmark where the family home is located. I'd have to say this is certainly one of the best. There's a subtle combination of struck-match complexity, vibrant lime, grapefruit-like notes, and a little rich butterscotch. The palate...

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...

Mount Barker

Riesling

Here's a wine of tensile precision that says so much about its relatively higher altitude region near Mount Barker. On the nose, there's a sort of bath salts, minerally, floral note, while the tension and minerality on the palate say so much about the vineyard and the variety. It's fine, it's precise, and yet there is a subtle textural component...

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

Oh, yes. Here is further evidence that this has become one of the State’s finest chardonnays. It seems this cooler vintage has suited it perfectly. It’s sourced from the cool climes of Denmark. The intensity and sustained power is evident immediate with the penetrating aromas of butterscotch, stone fruit and lemon curd striking out. The palate delivers with intensity and...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A most refined and stylish cabernet from this very good vintage. There is a purity of expression here that partly conceals the deep and intense palate concentration. Leafy aromas with a trace of minerally oyster shell and ironstone. The palate is more in the medium bodied area with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak lacing it together into a distinctly...