Awards and Reviews

Reviews

White Wines

Chardonnay 2017

Single block, whole bunch pressed, wild fermented and matured for 11 months in French oak (33% ).

Has the drive and zest expected of 2017, and handsomely delivered. An intense amalgam of grapefruit juice and pith, Granny Smith apple flesh and core, the oak perfectly integrated. 13.2% alc.

 Halliday Wine Companion 2021 Rating 96-Drink to 2029 - (Special Value)

Honeysuckle and oyster shells, cream and apple, grapefruit and infusions of cedar. I'm not a fan of comparisons to the old world but this wine runs express from Macedon-via-Chablis. There's oak here for sure, admittedly, but the raciness of the fruit and the palate perfume and that milky,oystery-floral aspect. Much enjoyment to be had here.

Campbell Mattinson- THE WINE FRONT April 2021 Rating 92pts

Chardonnay 2020

Such a restrained and subtle wine with super-fine acidity. If anything, it’s shy and not ready to reveal its best attributes, although in time it will develop more complexity. A touch of grapefruit, lemon, the merest hint of creamy lees and while the palate is composed, it’s tightly coiled.

Halliday Wine Companion 2023 Rated 93 pts

This wine will be delicious in another 2-3 years. It’s a wine of line and length but it’s also a wine of excellent fruit intensity. Grapefruit, nectarine, green apple and custard powder characters sweep through the palate and then on through the (extended) finish. It’s just now starting to hits its straps but another six months, and preferably another couple of years, will really have it singing. Excellent release

Campbell Mattinson - THE WINE FRONT Sept 2022 Rating 92 pts

Cottage Chardonnay 2018

Powerful stone fruit and melon flavours

 Halliday Wine Companion 2021 Rating 91 pts

Cottage Chardonnay 2022

A well balanced combo of citrus flavours with a hint of creamy lees and florals. There's a succulence, vibrancy and, while uncomplicated, it is convincing.

All in all, delicious.

Halliday Wine Companion 2024 Rating 90 pts

Red Wines

Rosé 2022

It's juicy and refreshing with watermelon, strawberries and musk lollies. There's a softness across the palate with tangy lemon acidity and while a drier style, there's a lick of sweetness on the finish.

Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion 2024 Rated 90 pts

Rosé 2021

This never fails to deliver a fabulous, refreshing rosé experience. It’s subtly flavoured with rosehips, orange peel and strawberries, with a touch of mint adding to the texture throughout. Finishes on a high note .

Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion  Rated 93 pts

Rosé 2020

We can place this in the column marked "seriously delicious". This pale-crimson rose throws juicy strawberry, pomegranate, musk and orange flavours at you in the most refreshing and more-ish of ways. Open it up and it sings beautifully, right there and then. The strawberry notes here are really quite something.

Campbell Mattinson - THE WINE FRONT April 2021 Rated 93 pts

Here’s the wine for a summer’s day, or balmy evening, or whatever the weather. It offers tangy citrus flavours, as much as strawberries and cream. It has texture, with some orange mousse sprinkled with powdered ginger, yet it's very refreshing. Nothing more to do but pour another glass.

Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion Rated 92 pts

L'autre Pinot Noir 2018

Goodhue; red and purple flowers, part field/part forest, are very attractive

 Halliday Wine Companion 2021 Rating 95 pts - Drink to 2028 - (Special Value)

L'autre Pinot Noir 2020

A delightful drink from start to finish. It’s as fragrant as a bunch of roses and violets with wafts of cherry and spice. Lighter framed, with juicy tangy fruit across the palate; moreish and savoury with fine tannins. Spot-on drinking without a second thought.

Halliday Wine Companion 2023 Rating 94 pts

Lane's End Pinot Noir 2018

A pretty wine. A wine offering an exaggerated exhibition of florals. Mint and roses, chocolate and boysenberries, pine-forest characters, lavendar oil. A highly distinctive wine. Fresh, flavoursome and flamboyant. Satisfying through the finish. Nothing at all sour about it and yet it's not over cooked.; it's daisy fresh.

Campbell Mattinson-The Wine Front - 13.5% Alc    Drink 2021-2017+  Rated 92+pts

Superb deep purple-crimson colour through to the rim; a voluptuous plum compote style. Good now, but once its puppy fat is polished off it will be very good.

 Halliday Wine Companion 2021 Rating 96 pts - Drink to 2038 -(Special Value)

Lane's End Pinot Noir 2019

A highly perfumed wine with boysenberry, kirsch, violet and sweet, woodsy, spice notes running joyfully through the palate. This is lifted and lovely. There are gum leaf characters here too but the work in context. The element of crushed/dry/exotic spice here is a highlight. It almost drives into pot pourri territory. It's quite delicious. It feels refreshing too, despite its inherent complexity.

Campbell Mattinson - THE WINE FRONT April 2021 Rated 93+pts

There's no doubt this will be more refined in another year or so. Yet it is gloriously rich and ripe for drinking now. Heady aromas, dark fruits layered with spices, pepper, eucalyptus, chinotto and blood orange zest, all in unison across the full bodied palate. Tannins are plush velvet and so moreish. Resistance is futile.

Halliday Wine Companion 2022 Rating 95 points - Drink to 2029

Lane's End Pinot Noir 2020

Interesting pinot noir. There’s nothing same-same about this. It’s both floral and meaty, which is a fair combination, and while it’s built on a backbone of acidity it also carries quite a bit of cherry (red and black) and plum-like fruit. There’s also a mint note here, clear and bright, which almost tips into menthol territory, which works well in the context of the meat/toast/earth characters here. It’s inherently complex now and it should continue to offer more as it matures .

Campbell Mattinson - THE WINE FRONT Sept. 2022 Rating 92+ pts

Dark fruit, woodsy spices, licorice and charcuterie. Plus, toasty, slinky oak adds tannins, weight and flavour. Medium bodied, supple, vibrant and driven by refreshing acidity. Best with food.

Halliday Wine Companion 2024 Rating 92 pts