Carefully selecting a combination of new and old French puncheons from amongst our chardonnay barrels, we strive to produce a wine of depth, structure and outstanding flavour for our limited release Cellarhands Chardonnay

An alluring nose, complexed by wild fermentation characters, shows a wine that is more savoury in character than fruit driven. Oats & meal present upfront with a flinty “struck match” and a creamy richness supporting the alluring aromas of Persian fairy floss and rich nougat.

The palate is not for the feint hearted and is seriously full bodied. Succulent, velvety and showing great structure and balance this wine speaks to your palate long after it has physically disappeared. Very subtle flavours of caramelised apple show though on the finish leaving you with a kiss of fruit falvour.

This wine drinks superbly and should be enjoyed in its unadulterated glory. Pair with a 36-month aged French Comte cheese and a handful of walnuts

Our White Label Chardonnay is very much in the style of Chablis where we keep the oak on the down low and let the fruit and texture of the wine shine through.

The fragrances that decant from the glass are incredibly intense. Fruit aromatics of tinned peaches and honeydew melon are fresh, clean and competing with marked floral blossoms and hints of spicy cinnamon quill.

The sensory adventure continues in the mouth. The soft and silky palate is light and refreshing with melon fruits, golden delicious apple and orange pith flavours fighting for your attention. There is also a creamy mid-palate that comes from ageing on yeast lees for the past six months.

Drinking really well in its youth and that was the idea. Enjoy now and until 2024.

In writing these notes Georgia (Assistant Winemaker) took it upon herself to take one for the team and enjoyed a bottle at home.  In the kitchen, she crafted a superb match of burnt butter and home grown sage with spinach and ricotta hand rolled tortellini. Call the winery for the recipe.

From ensuring we retain as much of the natural grape character as possible our Pinot Gris retains a soft pink hue. This grape variety is more bronze in colour than white and retaining some of that essence is to be expected when we refrain from decolourising the wine with finings.
On the nose we enjoy generous and lively Kiwi fruit aromatics, and these fresh and clean characters are underwritten by subtle chai spices and savoury highlights.
The palate is open and quite generous up front before the orange-pulp acidity moves things to the back palate. Phenolics of nashi pear skin give texture and structure to the wine and subtle Thompson grape flavours (think Woollies) are in view but all of these are quite subtle as they normally would be in this variety. Enjoy this wine in its youth over the next 3 years.
A lunch time style that calls for sunshine and a French niçoise salad.

After bushfires destroyed the chance of any wines in 2020, for some of you it has been a painful waiting period but finally that wait is over. The 2021 Hamish has arrived.

This is a truly superb representation of viticulture and winemaking in the Hunter Valley. Dark mulberries are supported by deep savoury notes of caramelised balsamic, graphite and the earthy petrichor of wet forest.

The palate length is surreal with crunchy, underripe cherry opening up to red fruits and a generous kick of tannins on the finish. The mouthfeel is seamless from front to back and shows classy elegance with its medium weight and spicy french oak on the finish.

The wine will reward you now but will give you a fantastically different drinking experience with some considerable time in the cellar. Drinking well into 2031.

A wine of this calibre deserves some preparation in the kitchen. Plan ahead with a rotisserie Porchetta over coals, pan roasted whole red onions and dutch carrots to pair.