Wines By Dalwhinnie

Ever since inaugural release of vintage 1986, the splendid Dalwhinnie Eagle Series Vineyard has been recognized as an exceptional effort from a truly distinguished site. The property was first planted to Shiraz in 1977, the vineyard is completely dry grown, barely more than a hectare in size. Vines grow to a relatively wide 3.4 x 1.8 metre grid, on ancient sedimentary soils and bony quartz shale outcrops. The unique aspects of this elevated property at 385 metres above sea level, coupled with meticulous hand picking and hand pruning yields the most precious fruit.

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Dalwhinnie is sited on the most magnificent Shiraz growing terrains at the heart of the Pyrenees. Eagle Shiraz is crafted to traditional Rhône winemaking techniques, incorporating foot crushing, whole bunch fermentation, extended skin contact and maximum lees contact. The wine is a super concentration of unique aromas and flavours which can only be achieved through the implementation of unconventional winemaking techniques. The must is left to cold soak for five days prior to warm fermentation. Eagle Shiraz is then treated to a traditional Italian basket press and pumped straight to barrel. After eighteen months maturation in small French oak barriques, Eagle Shiraz evolves sleek, fine tannins and superb integration.

Very dark brick red. An enticing nose of luscious dark bramble patch fruits, interwoven with damp autumn leaf mulch and musk stick perfume. There is also a hint of licorice. The weight of the wine is full bodied with the fruit flavour profile fully ripe. Eagle is extremely rich on the palate, exhibiting concentrated shiraz flavour lasting for well over a minute in the mouth. The tannins have gradually softened over time to give this beautiful wine a long and graceful finish.

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Dalwhinnie Moonambel Cabernet 2005

Pyrenees

Vintage 2005 represents twenty consecutive years of fine tuning within the vineyard and throughout the entire winemaking operation. Moonambel 2005 offers a palate and nose of exceptional depth and finesse, rating amongst the finest editions of Cabernet that Dalwhinnie have ever made. The style is fleshier than previous releases, bearing more fruit and tannin, endowed with great freshness and magnificent structure.

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Another challenging year and more great wines. The vintage itself for Dalwhinnie was outstanding, but with only average yields. Plenty of sunshine and minimal rain, but the volumes were down a little on the previous year. Moonambel Vineyard, in the parched districts of western Victoria, is strictly unirrigated, the emphasis here continues to lean strongly towards organic viticulture. The site has been re developed utilizing to a vertical shoot positioned canopy. Introduction of new and improved clones remains part of the ongoing viticultural program, enhancing and evolving the complexity of Dalwhinnie wines.

An enigmatic deep dark purple/ blue colour. Bouquet shows rich dark red fruits and bramble, menthol, mint and perfumes of violet. The palate holds an intense flavour profile, tight and restrained, well structured with juicy black fruits over finely grained cedary tannins. Lively and fully dimensional fruit flavours, very broad with nuances of blackberry, liquorice flavoured tnnins and ripe tarry fruit. The mouthfeel is finely textured with sweet cassis and cedary tones which run tightly across the palate.

Dalwhinnie Moonambel Cabernet 2010

Pyrenees

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Dalwhinnie vineyard is situated in a unique amphitheatre which forms its own meso climate. The site is totally frost free and allows fruit to reach complete physiological ripeness in nine out of ten years, establishing one of Australia's most enduring and distinctive styles of Cabernet Sauvignon. The overall impression is of ripe pure black fruits, layered with rich dark chocolate and seasoned by notes of violet and camphor.

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Out in Victoria's west country, planted to rocky scenic uplands, parched vines struggle to survive, yielding tiny little berries of the most concentrated and intensely flavoured Cabernet Sauvignon. Ballarat architect Ewan Jones established Dalwhinnie in 1976, his eldest son David has managed it since 1983. It's the kind of family devotion to winemaking that one finds in the great estates of the world. At 595 metres above sea level, Dalwhinnie is the highest and most remote of the Pyrenees district vineyards. Surrounded and sheltered by the highest crags, this unique bowl of vines is a world unto itself, located in a naturally undulating trough which falls away from the hills.

Dark cherry red. Fine elegant cedar cigar box perfume with lifted dark berry fruits, clean and varietally articulate. Very fresh. Very tight and highly strung, displaying fruit, oak and acid in fine balance. The harmony of these three elements is impeccable for such a young wine. Shows all the character and style of a grand cru left bank bordeaux. An astonishing wine showing just the right amount of fruit against tannin structure to place it in the super league of Victorian Cabernet Sauvignon.

Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2010

Pyrenees

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Excellent Langtons Classification. A more masculine style of Shiraz, a wine of immense power and complexity, vinified from parcels of small, gnarled berries with massive concentration of fruit characters, picked off the most enduring vines grown to the parched western districts of country Victoria. The structure and complexity is impressive, exhibiting the taste and nose of a Grand Cru Hermitage. An appealing freshness to the wine brings it forward, Dalwhinnie ages magnificently but is a profound experience to savour immediately upon release.

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The Dalwhinnie vineyard is situated on the 37th parallel south within a unique amphitheatre that has its own meso climate, The poor fragile soils left over from alluvial mining projects in the early 1800s are some of the hardest and hungriest you will ever see. The site is totally frost free and the fruit is permitted to reach complete physiological ripeness nine out of ten years. The first Shiraz vines on the property, planted to the Grand Piano Block, were rootlings from the eminent Sunraysia Nurseries at Mildura. Harvest, which is carried out by hand, usually starts the third week in March and is completed around the first week in May. All vintage releases surpass expectations of this limited production wine.

Extraordinary colour, purple, red and bright. Very rich, smelling of ripe mulberry, amazing savouriness already with the intriguing Christmas pudding spices. The oak is beautifully integrated and well in the background. Vibrant nervy dark berry fruits explode on the palate suggesting serious concentrated power, yet the weight of the wine is elegant, displaying the Dalwhinnie hallmark black olive character. The fruit, oak and acid are in perfect harmony. All these elements just need time to mature.

Dalwhinnie The Hut Chardonnay 2012

Pyrenees

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Fashioned from harvests of Chardonnay grown to the cooler, slower ripening Forest Hut property at Moonambel. The climes are three to four degrees cooler than Dalwhinnie all year round, so vintage arrives some three weeks later. Vines make the most of the extra time on offer to ripen grapes fully and develop vibrant fruit characters, translating into a solid Chardonnay wine with juicy apple complexity.

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David Jones planted new vines to estate property on the Moonambel valley floor in the 1990s, just four kilometres down the road from Dalwhinnie. These younger Forest Hut blocks were established with a view to supplying other wineries until plantings came of age. Now fully mature, these unirrigated and dry farmed, well canopied, vertically shoot positioned vines are yielding harvests of the most splendid Chardonnay. The grapes are harvested, chilled and airbag pressed before being inoculated and pumped to barrel for three weeks of cool fermentation. Upon completion the wine is treated to six months maturation in a selection of well seasoned, three and four year old French oak barriques.


Deep pale straw colour. Bouquet offers lovely tropical passionfruit and pear fruit aromas with a hint of spice. Palate displays crunchy fruit characters with a slight savoury edge. A fresh and crisp Chardonnay wine exhibiting elegance and restraint, the ideal accompaniement to calamari, braised white meats or brie.

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Dalwhinnie The Hut Pinot Noir 2011

Pyrenees

Dalwhinnie know that great Pinot Noir can only come from a healthy, well pruned vine which has the proper balance of fruit to foliage for even ripening. The bunches must be disease free, compact in composition and have good exposure to sunlight. Dalwhinnie is fortunate to have planted just such a site.

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Dalwhinnie was established in 1976 by Ballarat architect Ewan Jones near the tiny village of Moonambel at the heart of the Pyrenees. His eldest son now manages the property and makes wine. It's the kind of stability one can find at the great winemaking establishments of the old world. Just four kilometres down the road on the Moonambel valley floor, estate plantings of Pinot Noir have taken very well to Dalwhinnie's Hut Vineyard. The cooler ripening site sees longer growing seasons and vintage arrives three weeks later. Grapes are crushed and vinified in two small fermenters before being pressed to a selection of well seasoned three and four year old French oak barriques for six months maturation.


Medium light red colour. Lovely lifted herbal nose of dark blackberry, cherry fruits and subtle spice. A soft, easy drinking wine with a hint of middle palate sweetness, lightly oaked, delicious and fruit driven in the style of a Beaujolais, ideally to be enjoyed right now alongside crispy skin chicken or Vietnamese faire.

Dalwhinnie The Hut Rose 2011

Pyrenees

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Dalwhinnie established new vines to estate property, just four kilometres down the road on the Moonambel valley floor in the 1990s. These younger Forest Hut blocks were pampered with care until plantings came of age. Now fully mature, these unirrigated and dry farmed, well canopied, vertically shoot positioned vines are yielding harvests of the most exquisite Pinot Noir.

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A handsomely hued pink wine fashioned from harvests of Pinot Noir grown to the cooler, slower ripening Forest Hut property. The climes are three to four degrees cooler than Dalwhinnie, all year round, so vintage arrives some three weeks later. Vines make the most of the extra time on offer to ripen grapes fully and develop vibrant fruit characters. The winemaking team know that great Pinot Noir can only come from a healthy, well pruned vine which has the proper balance of fruit to foliage for even ripening. Grapes are lightly pressed to barrel for a three week alcoholic fermentation. The finished wine is matured six months in a selection of well seasoned three and four year old French oak barriques. Approx 13.5%


Very attractive pale eye of partridge red/ orange colour. Slightly savoury nose layered with strawberry fruit characters. Juicy with just the right amount of sweet and savoury flavours and texture on the palate. The perfect accompaniement to paella, savouries and cheese.

Dalwhinnie The Hut Shiraz 2011

Pyrenees

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Dalwhinnie is well into it's fourth decade of icon Australian Shiraz. Their parched soils atop the inhospitable climes of the Pyrenees yield restricted harvests of parched berries with aromatic, mouth filling spice characters and intense tannins. Just four kilometres along Taltarni Road on the Moonambel valley floor, Dalwhinnie has been pampering younger plantings at The Hut Vineyard established in the 1990s. Now fully mature, these unirrigated and dry farmed, well canopied, vertically shoot positioned vines are producing intensely flavoured Shiraz grapes.

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Crafted from parcels of Shiraz grown to the cooler, slower ripening Forest Hut property. The climes are three to four degrees cooler than Dalwhinnie, all year round, so vintage arrives some three weeks later. Vines make the most of the extra time on offer to ripen grapes fully and develop vibrant fruit characters. The Dalwhinnie team know that great Shiraz can only come from a healthy, well pruned vine which has the proper balance of fruit to foliage for even ripening. Grapes are harvested and gently crushed, destemmed and pumped to fermentation tank for two weeks vinification, followed by transfer to a selection of old, well seasoned French oak barriques for maturation.


Purple black in colour with a lustre and sheen. Freshly ground black pepper, rosemary, bay leaf and dark plum bouquet with a hint of cinnamon. A big, rich savoury wine, well textured with massive tannin structure. A complex, long and lingering finish.

Dalwhinnie is located near the tiny village of Moonambel in the heart of the Pyrenees region of Western Victoria, Australia and is a super premium producer of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

After 25 years of growing grapes, the 18 hectare vineyard is now fully mature, producing true varietal fruit characters with great concentration of flavours.

At 595 metres above sea-level Dalwhinnie is the highest and most remote of the Pyrenees district vineyards. Surrounded and sheltered by the highest range, this unique bowl of vines is a world unto itself, located in a naturally undulating trough which falls away from the hills, forming an amphitheatre nestled into the ranges.


Ownership of Dalwhinnie has remained within one family. In 1972 the remote property was purchased. The founder, Ballarat architect Ewan Jones, established the vineyard in 1976. His eldest son David, has managed it since 1983 and, with his wife, Jenny, has owned it since 1994. It's the kind of stability that one finds in the greatest estates all around the world. David Jones firmly believes that the best grapes come from a healthy well pruned vine which has the proper balance of fruit to foliage to ripen the bunches quickly and efficiently. The bunches must be disease free, compact in composition and have good exposure to sunlight. He believes ultimately that great wines are produced from these grapes grown on unique elevated single vineyard sites and Dalwhinnie is fortunate to possess several of these sites. Dalwhinnie vineyard is situated in a unique amphitheatre that has its own meso climate. The site is totally frost free and allows the fruit to reach complete physiological ripeness in 9 out of 10 years which is very important in establishing a long term premium label.	The vineyard is situated on the 37th parallel south and the poor and fragile soils from left over alluvial mining areas in the early 1800's are some of the hardest and hungriest you will ever see. The climate and soils are well suited to the production of complex shiraz and that is why Dalwhinnie specialize in this great variety.
The first plantings in 1976 were the cabernet sauvignon contour block and the grand piano shiraz block, these were rootlings sourced from Sunraysia Nurseries in Mildura. Follow up plantings in 1977 included the "Eagle Series" shiraz block and the cabernet sauvignon cellar door block. The chardonnay was planted in 1980 and subsequent plantings took place in 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1997. In addition to Dalwhinnie vineyard the David Jones family winemakers have an 8 hectare vineyard situated on Taltarni Road named Forest Hut. This vineyard is dedicated to mainly shiraz with four different clones planted and also a small amount of viognier and sangiovese for blending options in the future. The vineyard is designed for separate vinification of clones to assess flavour profiles and clonal performance. Once again this vineyard is dry land farmed with a VSP canopy, and the fruit from these new plantings will be sold for several years until the vines are mature.

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