White

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Fruit simply bursts from the glass. It's a perfect example of the quality of the 23 vintage. Loads of fresh tropical fruits with a neat mix of passionfruit and guava with varietal gooseberry coming from the savvy. Has a nice palate texture. Super drinking in the next couple of years.

Margaret River

Verdelho

A light bodied yet flavoursome and most appealing verdelho from some pretty old vines down at Margaret River. Light tropical notes on the nose flow into a crunchy palate that finishes crisp and dry. Has a refreshing lively acid lick on the finish.

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

A crunchy and lively little blend from Margaret River. Aromas of slightly subdued tropical passionfruit and melon with a little spice. The palate is fruity with a fine controlling acidity keeping it crisp and linear. A wine for drinking in the next couple of years.

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Beautiful example of the quality of fruit from the 2026 vintage. This is a punchy, lively expression of the style without being overblown, with ripe tropical notes. A little muted initially, but ultimately more intense and concentrated, retaining slightly melony, citrus and lemony characters. A subtle brush of herbaceousness adds the final complexing touch. Beautiful current drinking.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is the result after barrel selection of handpicking, whole bunch pressing and wild yeast oak fermentation. It is a wine of richness and elegance, and of course the power of the Gingin clone in Margaret River is clearly evident. Notes of butterscotch and lemon with a little varietal grapefruit on the nose. The palate is rich and deeply textured...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Riesling

A beautifully pristine and delicate riesling from the Blue Lake vineyard in Mount Barker. Slightly floral and citrussy notes on the nose with a dash of talcy spiciness. The palate is so appealing with its fine acid gently lifting it through to a long finish.

Mount Barker

Riesling

This has turned out to be a delicate and restrained riesling, but the linear intensity is still evident. Slightly talcy bath salts aromatics open with a faint lemon zest influence. The palate is fine and delicate structure with a precise lingering acidity sustaining a long finish.

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

Sauvignon Blanc

A wonderful example of the fume style. Doesn’t fall into the trap of overdoing the oak use, resulting in a wine that is perfectly balanced and seamlessly structured. The oak sits comfortably within the fruit. Nice touch of lemon meringue with a dollop of cream on the palate. A keen acidity sustains a long finish. First-rate example of this distinctive...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

I love what Singlefile is doing with their Small Batch wines. You are getting something distinctly different. It’s a generous style displaying intense aromas of butterscotch and toast with lemon tart and ripe stone fruit characters. Has plenty of lees work and malolactic fermentation to build further texture and mouth feel. And the palate length is extraordinary. Hard to put...

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,...

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...

Mount Barker

Riesling

This has developed very quickly into an outstanding Great Southern riesling. It comes from the Misery Hill vineyard in the Porongurup. Combines riesling intensity and tension into a bracing linear style. Aromas of spice and lemony lime zest with a little minerality. It was a very good season, and this is a marvelous example of the year. Outstanding.

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...

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...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A wine that continues to stamp its mark among the finest chardonnays from WA. This is from that very good vintage down at Denmark. It's so immediately complex with a thoroughly riveting bouquet of butterscotch, struck match and creamy stone fruit, with a cut of lifted minerality. The palate is plush and intensely flavoured with a core of fruit that...

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...

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

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...

Swan Valley

White Varietal

It's good to see this Spanish variety making an appearance in Western Australia. It's such a popular variety in north-western Spain. The aroma opens with a lovely citrus, minerally floral note, and even traces of musk stick. The palate is light, but there's an intensity here, and it is beautifully balanced and precise. This is an exciting development for Sittella,...

Swan Valley

White Varietal

Sittella introduced this a couple of years ago. It’s a variety synonymous with the Rías Baixas region of northern Spain. This is quite an exciting release and, in my view, the best to date. Nice, subtle aromas of spices and dried herbs, with a little lemon zest. The palate has surprising complexity for a lighter-style wine, with that spicy, lemony,...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

It was a very good season for chenin blanc in the Swan Valley, and this one is living, vibrant proof. It's not the big fruit bomb that you often get, but instead, there is a highly flavoursome, controlled, linear expression of the variety with subtle, understated stone fruits and florals, with a fine citrus edge, and even a little lemon...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A consistently impressive and expressive example of this variety sourced from the Swan Valley. On the nose, you get the usual tropical, albeit lightly tropical, fruits. But then, in this case, there’s a slightly spicy, dried-herb character adding further complexity. The palate is textured and flavoursome, with the light fruits supported by a fine, crisp, natural acidity that is a...

Swan Valley

White Varietal

This is from a vineyard the Berns bought and then grafted on to vines of the home vineyard. It has good acidity and intensity. Has a lovely marzipan and creamy stone fruit flavoured texture which has good acidity, a key part in this warm climate. This has a beautiful texture and palate richness. Bright and alive with great length. No...