Our Wines

Dark cherry colour with a subtle purple hue. A restrained nose with hints of roast meats, ink and black fruits laced with spicy overtones. The palate is medium to full bodied with drying but very fine tannins. Dusty cherries mingle with black fruits and a scorched earth character. A long linear ... read more.

Rich Aussie Shiraz meets the cherry fruit and savoury finish of Italy’s Sangiovese. This seventh release of ‘il briccone’ (the rogue) is a blend of 55% Shiraz and 45% Sangiovese from vineyards in and around Adelaide, South Australia. Our aim is to make an Australian wine with a little ... read more.

(RP 91) This red could easily be called our ‘Estate Red’. First made in 1993 it’s our answer to good Cotes du Rhone Villages, although this is clearly a Barossan wine. It’s 70% Mourvedre and 30% Grenache. The This is by far the highest percentage of Mourvedre we have used, it ... read more.

(WS 90) Outstanding 10 year old. Rich aromas of caramel raisin and light spice open to a medium-bodied palate, with a medium sweetness and long toffee finish.

Appearance: Brilliant and clear, with greenish yellow colourAroma: Fresh and aromaticPalate: Floral notes and citrus fruit recently peeled with supple and lightly creamy texture

(WS 98, RP 95) A majestic wine that's tremendously aromatic and dense in texture, but amazingly refined. Delineates its ripe plum, blueberry and currant flavours with precision, shading the fruit with nuances of coffee and dark chocolate, hinting at smoke and licorice as the finish laps at the palate ... read more.

Cherry-black hue; Complex aromas of ripe cherries, black spices, fresh figs, ground vanilla bean, rosewater, dried herbs and sweet pipe tobacco. The palate presents an overwhelming abundance of flavours including crème de cassis, dried cranberries, black berries, cherry kirsch, and lightly infused ... read more.

Brilliant ruby red colour with garnet rims. The bouquet opens with hints of dried roses, crushed prunes, to then reveal suggestions of woodland flowers, liquorice and spices. A wine of great and youthful exuberance. A floral, spiced nose and attractive sweet dark fruit on a medium-bodied, classic frame.

Robert O Callaghan's Rockford Basket Press Shiraz encapsulates traditional and contemporary winemaking practice and philosophy and embraces the inherent qualities of old vine Shiraz: the physicality of winemaking where muscle and personal touch transform process into an art-form; the traditional tools ... read more.

Straw yellow, brilliant clarity; Intense lifted nose, displaying a wonderful complexity of flavors—honey suckle, orange blossom, jasmine tea, almond kernels, fennel, lemon and freshly harvested honeycomb. The palate is full, polished and balanced with flavors of citrus, peach and apricots. The ... read more.

(WS 91, RP 91) This vineyard is in the Blewitt Springs area and always produces deeply coloured and very rich wine with full upfront raspberry fruit and a long aftertaste with abundant tannin in the finish. This wine repays cellaring very well as the 91’ and 92’ are maturing slowly.

(RP 91, WS 90) Of grand visual impact via its extreme concentration of ruby red, noted fruity scents of cherry and blackberries with elegant traits of balsamic and spices. The flavour reflects the growth area which the power, the strength of this wine is equilibrated by the tannic acid that will assist ... read more.

This release comprises 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot. Cabernet Sauvignon gives the wine structure, with the Merlot contributing mid-palate richness and has a ‘softening’ effect on the tannin and astringency of Cabernet.This wine displays lifted aromatics of dark fruits, blue berries, ... read more.

The Paso Robles fruit is in the forefront of this blend, lending it’s baked cherry, cassis and leather character to the plum jam, super-ripe tobacco-and-spice profile of the Lodi wine. The latter was harvested at an average of 25.5 degrees Brix and was fermented using the technique of extended ... read more.

The Aroma is Complex and pleasant, where mature red fruit notes, coffee and toast stand out, which in a bottle gives an exceptional bouquet.Tannins of good concentration, which give roundness and structure, which is complemented with a pleasant fruit taste at the end. 8 months in French oak barrel and ... read more.

Full-bodied, rich mouthfeel and loaded with crushed blackberry and black currant fruit, dark chocolate and espresso notes with a long, focused finish.

(WS 88) The Murray Street Cabernets seamlessly blends Cabernet Franc from the Adelaide Hills and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Barossa Valley. Vibrant fruit on the palatte, silky tannins and great depth.

(W&S 93) The flagship wine of Bodega Weinert, the Cavas de Weinert blend is representative of their winemaking philosophy. Under its deep ruby tone is an enormously complex wine with mesmerizingly sweet, voluptuous blackberry fruit flavours permeated by vanilla, cigar box, and saddle leather aromas.

Fully half of the 2006 Manzanita Canyon Chardonnay was produced from grapes grown in the Clarksburg area of the Sacramento River Delta. This relatively cool area generally produces very aromatic, floral Chardonnays, and this component is no exception. The other components of the blend include a broader, ... read more.

The 2006 Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Riesling is very bright pale yellow-lime in colour. Vibrant, lifted floral riesling fruit aromas jump out of the glass –honeysuckle floral along with vanilla and spice.In the mouth the wine is at once lively and lusciously sweet without being at all cloying. ... read more.

The colour of the wine is cherry red with light ruby tones. The bouquet is complex and shows a combination of dark forest fruits, spiceness and vanilla. On the palate the wine is dense yet silky and elegant. the same aromas and complexity come back and continue in the long finish.

Pale straw color. A very delicate floral nose, with candied lemon and mineral nuances. Very harmonious on the palate with a subtle balance and an aromatic length promising a long evolution.

(RP 94) Eye: Yellow gilt robe, amber reflections, fine and crystal bubbles.Nose: Generous and powerful bouquet, wooded and gourmand notes (dried fruits, vanilla, toasted).Mouth: Superb mouth: unctuousness, complexity and fullness, soft honey notes in the palate; full, mature and vinous wine: a great ageing Champagne.

Appearance: Good concentration of deep red colour.Nose: Hints of wood with vanilla balsamic fragrances.Mouth: Medium-bodied, sweet powerful tannins with a delicate finish.

(RP 90) Color: Deep ruby-purple, nearly opaque. Aromas: Blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, plus a blackened, smoky bacon note, and hints of vanilla and pepper. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied with a tartness, a lightly sweet mid-palate and a black pepper astringency. Jammy berry flavors plus oak spice ... read more.

We cold ferment this wine in a stainless steel tank and then aged it for nine months in neutral French oak barrels on lees before bottling it in late June of 2006. The wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation and therefore retains its delicious crispness. The encha