Still drinking well due to the long term climate controlled storage since release. Fantastic everyday drinking wine, excellent value for money. 

Supple in texture, with earthy, gamy notes weaving around ripe cherry and smoky-toasty flavors.

Heggies Vineyard could be called viticultural "struggle country". The winters are cold and wet, summers mild but very dry and the soils are thin and gravely on well drained slopes. This gives low yields but consistently produces grapes of outstanding flavour intensity.

There are seven different selections of Chardonnay in Heggies Vineyard, with three favoured Burgundian variants comprising the majority of the vines. The vines are shy bearing, giving grapes of intense flavour. Hand picking and gentle whole bunch pressing minimises the extraction of tannins and preserves natural fruit aromas.

Tasting notes:
The wine is a pale lemon yellow colour with an intense lively nose of peach and nectarine with an edgy citrus tang of cumquats. Line and length are the hallmarks of an outstanding wine and is a signature of the Heggies Vineyard Chardonnay.

The palate opens with stone fruit and builds to the mouth-filling complexity and texture of warm brioche. Interest is held by a rich creamy finish. All Heggies Vineyard wines show an excellent minerality that contributes to the length and finesse.

The wine will peak in five to seven years and will continue to offer pleasure and interest for at least 10 years. This Heggies Vineyard Chardonnay would be an excellent accompaniment to Asian fusion cuisine; try with steamed fish and ginger.

The acclaimed '1914' Shiraz.  Made by Rolf Binder from vines planted in 1914 by Hermann Hahn (great grandfather of James) on the Hahn Homestead property located in the heart of the Barossa Valley between Tanunda and Nuriootpa. A genuine old vine planting such as this is quite rare, hence the unique flavours and seal of authenticity.

Kay's are specialist traditional red wine makers utilising grapes from their own 22-hectare Amery Vineyard. The grape varieties grown are Shiraz (including the 1892 Block 6), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Viognier, Grenache, Mourvedre (Mataro) and Muscat Blanc.

Colin Kay's winemaking philosophy is to make rich full-bodied fruit-driven wines (using the original Open Fermenters and Basket Press) with small oak cask maturation.

Food Matching:

Ribeye and sirloin, beef short ribs, portobello mushrooms, Cheddar or Gouda cheese.

Sourced from the devigorated soils of western Seppeltsfield, Les Amis is a testament to what only the most fastidious farming can achieve - purity, intensity and finesse.

Typical of our McLaren Vale style, the 2005 shows delicious distinctive mocha, chocolate and sweet plum characters. Backed by a lush, plush mouthfeel and oodles of juicy ripe fruit laced with an underlying black pepper spice and a silky tight tannin structure . But don’t be deceived this is a serious wine with serious aspirations!

An exceptional single vineyard from Roennfeldt Road, Marananga, Barossa Valley.

COLOUR
Black and deep brick red

AROMA
This is the 5th release of Zippy’s. Full of red fruits, lavender, spice and minerals, with underlying savoury notes and a thread of mint.

PALATE
Creamy red fruits float across The palate with underlying cedary oak emerging through the mid palate to the end, supported by silky/fleshy fruit, fine tannins and tight acidity.

WINEMAKING
The fruit in 2008 from this block was crushed and de-stemmed into open top fermenters. Average time on skins was 12 days with fermentation lasting approximately 7 days. At pressing, all free run and pressings were combined in tank and after 24 hours the wine was then racked off gross lees to oak where malolactic fermentation occurred.

MATURATION
The wine was matured in 14% new French oak with the balance in older French oak for 18 months, then bottled with minimal fining and without filtration.

REGION
Sourced from a vineyard on Roennfeldt Road in the Barossa Valley. An exceptional example of regional and varietal definition which contributes to the complexity and personality of the finished wine.

The fruit is hand-picked at optimum ripeness-flavour, gently crushed, open-fermented and matured in a combination of French Oak and American Oak.

The 2015 Sauvignon Blanc has great aromatic notes of passionfruit with a punchy herbaceousness. The palate is clean and crisp with a bright zippy finish. Great served alongside natural oysters. Or according to Anita, this is a great wine to have with fresh Crayfish (Southern Rock Lobster) served with a simple seafood sauce and white bread!