Alkina Polygon #1 Shiraz 2022

There are three polygons that have, since the very early days, looked like they could stand apart as Single Polygon wines. Polygon 3 is 0.274 hectares (ha) and approximately 200 vines. Its soil profile is shallow red brown earth over deep chalky, sedimentary limestone which contains fractured schist and limited iron. Polygon 5 comprises two similar parcels of 0.12ha and 0.25ha, a total of 0.37ha. These Polygon 5 sections have deeper soils and well fractured schist with ferric clay (within the fractures).  Polygon 1 was defined in Pedro’s second visit in 2018. The block is 0.4ha which Pedro divided into separate areas and recommended that we exclude one section of 0.097ha which lacks the fractured schist of the other sections.

Amisfield RKV Reserve Pinot Noir 2018

Amisfield was established in 1988 and is a Central Otago based specialist producer of Pinot Noir and aromatic white wines, sourced from fruit grown on their Single Vineyard Estate, situated beneath the glacially sculptured Pisa mountain range. Vineyards are managed holistically through organic practices focused around nurturing Amisfield’s unique soils, vines and habitats - this combined with a rugged inland location and an extreme semi- continental climate, yields wines of remarkable purity, intensity and vibrancy. A state-of-the-art purpose-built winery is the focal point of the vineyard and is designed to enable winemakers to craft wines with minimal intervention and as naturally as possible. At Amisfield they are committed to sustainability and environmental responsibility at every step of the process. The vineyard is now managed entirely organically and is in conversion to full organic certification with New Zealand’s leading organic certification body BioGro.

Champagne Laherte Freres Les Grandes Crayeres 2018  (Disg. Dec 2021)

After the Brut Nature, this stunning Champagne is Aurélien Laherte’s second Blanc de Blancs bottling. Les Grandes Crayères showcases Laherte’s two most chalky, mineral soils in Côteaux Sud d’Épernay (crayères means ‘chalk’). These parcels of 40-plus-year-old massale selection vines are situated on a west-facing hillside composed of Campanian chalk under 20cm of topsoil.     The base wine was fermented wild in old barrels (aged three to 10 years) and didn’t go through malo, emphasising the wine’s chiselled qualities. It then spent 30 months on lees in bottle, and a further nine months resting after disgorgement before commercial release. The dosage was less than four grams per litre and the bottling was hand-disgorged.

Blind Tiger Organic London Dry Gin 700ml

A combination of organic botanicals creates a London Dry Gin that is a perfect mixer with tonic or soda and a great base for one of the hugely popular gin based cocktails.

In the 1920s, the era of prohibition, a Blind Tiger was an establishment known to illegally sell alcohol, with a focus on celebrating the exciting flavour and taste of liquor cocktails, many of which were gin based.

Metala White Label Shiraz Cabernet 2022

Each year the blend of shiraz and cabernet sauvignon is assessed based on the fruit when it arrives in the winery. The 2021 vintage is a blend of 80% Shiraz and 20% cabernet sauvignon. The fruit was harvested in the cool of the early morning to retain all the natural acidity. A portion of the cabernet sauvignon was aged in seasoned French oak barriques while a portion of the shiraz was seasoned in French and American hogsheads and barriques each for around 12-13 months. Minimal winemaking intervention with the use of a uniquely designed gravity 'lift' tank.

Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Mourvedre 2021

A vibrant, translucent ruby colour. The nose has notes of rose petals, musk and lavender with cranberry, redcurrant, morello cherry, pastrami, sweet spices and terracotta. Though complex, the nose presents as pretty and compact with underlying stoniness, which precisely mimics the first impression in the mouth. There’s small red-berry brightness to the medium-bodied palate, and gradually those charcuterie and dry-earth notes emerge with iodine and graphite. Musky, petally perfumes waft over terracotta on a pin-point finish with powdery tannins. An understated wine with real intrigue. 

Voyager Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2023

A classic Margaret River blend for everyday drinking, crisp, dry and refreshing, but with weight and texture. The blend originates from Bordeaux, Margaret River being famous for its cabernet, just as Bordeaux also is makes the sauvignon blanc semillon blend a natural fit.

Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024

A Polish Hill for the ages; a white that will delight while young; and yet age as gracefully as we hope to. At its core, it is intense, powerful and fine, pure lime juice that tingles on the mid-palate and shows impressive length even now. One of the finest wines to come from the Grosset Polish Hill Vineyard.  First review – ‘…desperately gorgeous…one of the greatest…’ Tyson Stelzer  Cellar? ‘As long as you like’ says Jeff – up to 25 years, or drink now. Tyson Stelzer says 2024-2064 (40 Years)  Produced from riesling grown biodynamically at the Grosset Polish Hill Vineyard  Unfined – vegan and vegetarian friendly.

Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Riesling 2023

The oldest and best parcels from the organically certified Frankland Estate vineyard only make it into the Isolation Ridge Vineyard Riesling. Extended lees contact and a portion (10%) barrel matured for additional texture and complexity. One of Australia's finest Rieslings.

Yangarra Estate Ironheart Shiraz 2020

Ironheart is the flagship Shiraz from our single vineyard estate in Blewitt Springs at the northern edge of McLaren Vale. The vineyard’s northern aspect, higher elevation and sandy ironstone soils produce Shiraz with immense concentration and finesse.

Grosset Alea Riesling 2024

This is the fifteenth vintage of the ‘European’ style from the Grosset Rockwood Vineyard with its hard red rock and poor orange/red loam soil. This delivers impressive depth of flavour in the mid-palate, pronounced lime and lemony flavours that are intense and deep, finishing almost bone-dry with purity and finesse; same variety, yet a quite different and fascinating alternative to Grosset Polish Hill.  Ageing Potential: Drink now – 20 years  Produced from riesling grown biodynamically at the Grosset Rockwood Vineyard  Unfined- vegan and vegetarian friendly

Alkina Old Quarter GSM 2022

This blend of Grenache Shiraz Mataro allows us the opportunity to create great wines through combining different Polygons. The characteristics of the Old Quarter are underpinned by the Grenache from Polygon 4 which consists of schist and clay which is complemented with the lighter Grenache from Polygon 2 which contains hard schist and wind blown limestone. These components were blended with the Mataro from P6 and the Shiraz from P8 & P7.

Frankland Estate Olmos Reward 2021

The icon Bordeaux blend from Frankland Estate, a blend of old vine Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and a splash of Malbec. Medium bodied, elegant and classic claret in style, one of the finest Bordeaux blends of WA.

Alkina Polygon #5 Grenache 2022

See Saw Balance Organic Chardonnay 2024

A standout cool climate chardonnay. The wines in the Balance range showcase blends from the three three see saw vineyard sites at 700m, 800m and 900m elevation. Fruit-forward wines showcasing what do they in the vineyard, designed to be enjoyed now.

Domaine des Lises Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2020

As always, Maxime’s estate Crozes comes from a grouping of vineyards near the village of Beaumont-Monteux, only a couple of kilometres from his father’s vines. The lieu-dits are called Les Bosquets and Les Pichères. Here, in the most south-easterly part of the appellation, the soils are full of gravel and alluvial stones, low in clay and fast-draining—very similar to the Domaine Alain Graillot soils in Les Chênes Verts, just to the north. This soil type lends itself to a refined, aromatic Syrah with a pronounced savoury profile. Planted throughout the 1980s, the vines are now managed organically (certification is due soon).   The fermentations are entirely natural, and Graillot Jr. uses only a small whole-bunch component, usually in the realm of 20-30%. It is, therefore, a wine that tends to ‘come around’ earlier than the 100% whole-bunch wines that carry the Alain Graillot name. The 2020 was fermented in concrete vats and then racked into one, two and three-year-old Burgundy barrels—purchased from some of the top estates—and 12-hectolitre Stockinger cask. There is also a tiny component (less than 10%) of new barrels purchased from the Atelier Centre France, whose bespoke steam-bent barrels are now used at Guiberteau, Didier Dagueneau and François Chidaine. The wine spent 11 months in barrel and was brought together for three months in large fût tronconique. It is bottled unfiltered.

Alkina Polygon #3 Grenache 2022

Grosset Springvale Riesling 2024

The aromatics are quintessential Clare riesling – intense and pure lemon lime, with depth on the mid-palate: mouth-puckering, fine, and lingering on a long, sumptuous finish. Thanks to a cool season, biodynamic farming and the unique site of red loam-over-limestone (and slate), the typical generosity expressed by this wine is enhanced by fresh, powerful varietal characteristics.  Produced from riesling grown biodynamically at the Grosset Springvale Vineyard  Unfined – vegan and vegetarian friendly

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Laherte Freres

Blind Tiger

Metala

Frankland Estate

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Frankland Estate

Yangarra Estate

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Alkina

Frankland Estate

Alkina

See Saw Wines

Domaine des Lises

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