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2010 Viognier ( NB Pronounced Vee-on-yay ) The grapes for this wine were grown at our vineyard at Lake George. The wine has musk/violet aromas, along with apricot and lemon/lime features. The 10% fermentation in oak barrels provides a subtle vanilla overtone. The palate is rich and mouth filling, with a soft, light, chalky tannin finish. View tasting notes on this wine and purchase here...

2008 Brut Rosé An intriguingly complex sparkling wine made from 75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay grown at our vineyard at Lake George. It shows an attractive orange pink colour with a fine persistent bead. The bouquet is complex from the mix of primary fruit characters (peaches, pears & cherries), plus biscuity, bready characters. The palate is rich and flavoursome balanced by crisp acidity. View tasting notes on this wine and purchase here...

2008 Lake George Pinot Noir This wine is made from Pinot Noir grapes sourced from our vineyard at Lake George. The wine was matured in French oak barrique (10% new) for 11 months prior to bottling. It shows red cherry, plum, spices, violets, vanilla and gamey aromas. The palate is beautifully soft with a fine-grain tannin finish. This wine will develop more complexity over the next 3-5 years. Purchase this wine here...

2009 Chardonnay A note from Jim Lumbers on this wine: "We have always been proud of our oak-fermented Chardonnay, and its popularity is such that the last two releases have sold out in just 3 months. But I have always thought that we could do a little bit better. I wanted to get a bit more lift to the fruit and at the same time achieve the elusive “struck flint” character found in great Burgundy. This year, with the 2009, I think that we have done it. On the advice of Australia’s top wine scientists, we changed our bottling line to blanket the wine in carbon dioxide and completely exclude oxygen. It worked. Already, this very young wine is showing brilliantly. Buy a dozen while it lasts, try one bottle and then put the rest away for at least 18 months. It should be still improving in 4 years." This wine is made with fruit grown at our vineyard at Lake George. It is 100% barrel fermented in French oak barriques (15% new), and 20% with wild yeast. During 11 months maturation, the barrels were lees stirred every 2 weeks. It is a light straw colour with aromas of mango, citrus, passionfruit, white peach, nectarine and vanilla with nutty/toasty overtones. A smooth, rich palate with a long crisp acid but soft oak finish. Serve lightly chilled. Purchase this wine here...

2008 Josephine Pinot Noir The Canberra District is not well known for Pinot Noir, as only a relatively small number of the wineries (compared to Shiraz) produce pinot noirs . Generally the best Pinot Noir producers come from the Lake George/ Bungendore/Wamboin sub-region which is higher and cooler than the rest of the wine region - about 3 degrees cooler than Murrumbateman. Wine experts who have tasted this wine make comments like ‘ This is the best Pinot Noir to come from the Canberra District for a number of years’. This wine is our top Pinot Noir from the 2008 Vintage. It contains all the top barrels from 2008. Reviews James Halliday: Some first stage colour development; an aromatic and spicy bouquet, then a palate with excellent drive and length, offering spicy/savoury nuances woven through black cherry and plum fruit. Screwcap. Rating 94 Drink 2014 Date Tasted December 2009 It was also recently reviewed by Huon Hooke, Peter Forrestal and Debbie Pearce for Gourmet Traveller Wine and was rated 90/100. Their comments were as follows: *Huon Hooke (he liked the wine a lot): 'Strawberry and other berries in its perfume. Sappiness suggests whole-bunch fermentation. Savoury, gamey flavours. Fleshy, yet with abundant tannins'. Peter Forrestal:* 'Brambleberry and mulberry, This is a big style of Pinot indeed'. Debbie Pearce: 'The wine has the depth of fruit to match its weight. It should develop in bottle for several years'. View more information on this wine and purchase here...

2008 Shiraz Viognier This wine follows on from our Champion 2006 Shiraz Viognier, and the very successful 2007 Shiraz Viognier (one of Halliday’s top 6 red wines from NSW). Reviews James Halliday: Bright hue; the Viognier component works its magic on the colour, bouquet and palate, lifting the aromas and investing the plum and black cherry fruit with a juicy character offset by superfine tannins. Rating 94 Drink 2020 Date Tasted December 2009 View more information on this wine and purchase here...