As always, this wine is a blend of the two blocks we work with, in Heathcote and Harcourt. Although it’s our most accessibly-priced wine, it’s important to stress that it gets exactly the same attention to detail in the vineyard and the winery as all of our other wines. It was fermented with a majority of whole bunches and was matured in a range of casks (mostly large, neutral Stockinger) and a concrete egg. It was bottled in February 2025, almost two years after harvest. We think it’s our best release of this label so far.

Alcohol: 13.5%.   Closure: Diam 30.   

Our Grower white wine comes from Harcourt North in Victoria’s Bendigo G.I., about an hours’ drive north of our Macedon cellars. With its pure, sandy, granitic soils, and mild climate, we believe this place is one of Australia’s most exciting places for Rhone varieties, both white and red. The eroded granite soils, and the mild climate, allows for a full ripening cycle (we always harvest in March). As always, the grapes were picked fully ripe, pressed firmly and sent straight to barrel (500 and 228 litres), concrete egg and 220-litre glass Wineglobe, for both fermentation and aging with all the fine lees. Malolactic occurred naturally and the wine was bottled in November 2024 without fining or filtration.

This is the polar opposite of the ‘pinot gris’ style of many Australian Marsanne’s that are picked early, inoculated, tank reared and filtered. It will certainly age well, gaining more honeyed characters, but is equally delicious now. It has the power and richness of previous releases, yet with good vibrancy thanks to Harcourt’s micro-climate and the inclusion of Roussanne.

Alcohol: 14.4%.   Closure: Diam 30.   

This is our third Syrah release from Harcourt North (from the same site as the white above). Fermented with 60% whole-bunches, the wine underwent almost two years’ maturation in large-format Stockinger (500, 1,500- and 2,000-litre casks) and was bottled in late February 2025. From a cooler vintage, it’s another example that combines perfume and finesse with excellent depth and fine structure.

Alcohol: 13.3%. Closure: Diam 30.

Our Heathcote Syrah comes from an east-facing plot of 20-plus-year-old vines rooted in the red Cambrian soils of the Mount Camel Range. Although this northerly subregion is capable of producing some of Heathcote’s most refined wines, this area still produces far more powerful wines than our Harcourt site, so it gets an additional year in cask. The 2022 spent its first year in a range of neutral barrels before being blended to a 2,000-litre Stockinger cask for the remainder of its maturation. It was bottled at the end of February 2025 after three years of aging in wood. Although a refined, savoury and perfumed expression of Heathcote (and only just over 13%), it remains a deep Syrah that might just live forever.

Alcohol: 13.3%. Closure: Diam 30.

Our Tradition is a ‘cellar blend’ of estate Pinot and grower Syrah. The greatest Australian wines I have ever tasted were made by Hunter legend Maurice O’Shea in the 1940s and ’50s. These wines were blends of Syrah and Pinot, and they have inspired this blend (and the label), which we make only in suitable years. This release is a blend of 50% Pinot from our own vines, in Macedon and 50% Syrah from Heathcote and Harcourt. The 2023 is 50% Pinot and 50% Syrah. It was raised in a mix of mostly neutral large and small oak and was bottled in December 2024. Made with 80% whole bunches, it’s a bright, perfumed, juicy wine packed with brambly fruit and all sorts of spice. Less than 3,000 bottles were made this year. It’s already very approachable, yet we think it will age well. Grab some for now and some for later

Alcohol: 12.7%. Closure: Diam 30.