Two Gawler high school mates mooted the idea of making Adelaide wine. Vineyards were surveyed, the major requirement being that old vines were essential. They fortuitously secured for themselves supply from some precious old sites which had survived the pullout schemes of the 1980s. Grapes are picked off old to very old vines, grown in auspicious sandy loams, nestled amongst the river red gums of Mt Lofty. Components are cannily assembled to achieve a unique construct of the established Cabernet Sauvignon style.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Great wine begins on the land, the source Adelaide Plains vineyards are all special, remnant plantings which have survived urban expansion and the pursuit of more lucrative agriculture. The small band of Longhop's growers have embraced the ideal of delivering premium grapes in order to showcase the power and rich fruit flavours that the Adelaide region has to offer. Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from old, low cropping and descendant vines. Whole berries are vinified and hand plunged in traditional open top fermenters before a gentle basket press into barrel for completion. The finished wine is matured in a selection of seasoned French and American oak barriques for a year before bottling without filtration.

Deeply coloured, garnet hue. Immediatly recognisable as Cabernet, blackcurrants and mulberry, distinctive earth and spice, lively cocoa, violets and black cherry notes. Well layered with rich currant and bramble flavours, `swooning across the palate, extended tannins draw out the long and savoury lip smacking, gum sucking finish.

From the bespoke Manno Vineyard at Hillier in Mt Lofty Ranges, off vines over fifty years of age, planted to grey alluvial loams over limestone substrate. Treated to a traditional old world vinification of open top, whole bunch ferments and hand plunges, a good old fashioned basket press and twenty two months in a selection of seasoned French and American oaks. Its elegant, silky palate in support of clove and dark chocolate fruit flavours, it continues to build, dark and full of old vine power, its fine tannins drawing out the long satisifying finish.

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Longview are one of the most highly awarded wineries in Adelaide Hills, having claimed trophies and medals at conspicuous national tasteoffs. The predominantly northeast facing slopes and valleys, combined with the cool climate of the Adelaide Hills and superior winemaking practices, have produced outstanding vintages. A forward drinking effort with distinctive violet and cassis Cabernet characters mixed through with spicy Shiraz fruit. The seamless palate is lined with ripe berry flavours, soft tannins and a long, seamlessly savoury finish.

$2399each $287DOZEN EACH DOZEN Shiraz is sourced entirely from the estate's vineyard at Macclesfield, Cabernet hails from Kuipto, components are assembled to achieve a wine of great depth and character. Fruit is harvested in cool conditions and crushed into large open fermenters, followed by secondary vinification in a combination of new and seasoned French oak barriques and hogsheads.

Red with purple robes. Exudes spice over ripe dark plum and berry fruit characters. The ample palate shows complexity of five spice along with the cool climate Adelaide Hills characters of mint and tomato. Red Bucket is flavoursome and balanced with integrated oak and a long smooth finish. Enjoy with rib steak, gourmet bangers and pasta.

Longview is just south of the historic township of Macclesfield in Adelaide Hills. Once a dairy farm, it's been meticulously restored and developed into an award winning estate vineyard, now crafting the most spectacular, regionally articulate wines. Devil’s Elbow is a hairpin turn on the old Adelaide freeway, Longview's oldest vines are planted here, a place of shallow, sandy loams, ironstone and quartz topsoils. The quality of Cabernet is spectacular, in regal Adelaide Hills fashion, its overture of wild cherries, capsicum and fresh herb, resolving on a lengthy, black bramble finish.

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Situated among some of the most picturesque vineyard country, Longview's salubrious southerly vistas are leading the charge of contemporarily styled Adelaide Hills reds, drawing international critical acclaim and a swag of awards. Longview make wine the way nature intended, as an expresssion of the soil and season in which they are cast. Nebbiolo in the Vino Novello style, redolent of fragrant florals and fashioned for early drinking, the perfect suitor to rosemary lamb, duck breast in berry jus or Italian style sheperd's pie with oven dried tomatoes and basil eggplant. Yum.

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Longview practice a highly personal style of viticulture, each parcel is managed as aseparaete little vineyard, every vine is uniquely husbanded, to create wines of complexity, seamlessnes and exquisite balance. From four distinct clones of Nebbiolo, planted to four separate blocks throughout the Longview property, hand picked, de stemmed and crushed for a clean, low phenolic ferment. Vibrant salmon pink, fragrant of orange peel, musk and ripe peac, the palate bursts with raspberry and maraschino, finishing savoury, refreshing and dry, unmistakably a blush hued Nebbiolo.

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The Adelaide Hills are a place of breathtaking natural beauty, native gums flourish with wild abandon amongst the closely husbanded Longview vines, a sight rarely seen in Australian viticulture. Wild yeasts and natural ferments in an extravagantly high proportion of new barriques, a course of lees stirring battonage achieves a multi dimensional Chardonnay with luxurious mouthfeel, handsomely layered with juicy nectarine and ripe white peach flavours over a pristine acid line. Its gentle spice and moreishly creamy finish is enriched by the fragrant coconut of fine French oak.

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In complete symbiosis, alongside the low yielding Shiraz vines at Longview, are the native flora and fauna of Adelaide Hills. The property is home to kangaroos, geese, ducks, sheep, horses, so many different species of indigenous animals and birds within the Heritage Reserve. To maintain the natural beauty of the existing land, Longview Vineyard employs the most environmentally friendly, sustainable viticulture.

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The name Longview aptly descibes the vineyard with its far reaching views to the Coorong and Lake Alexandrina, the panoramic vistas over the property itself and surrounding countryside. Situated among some of the most picturesque vineyard country, Longview's southerly location is leading the charge, drawing international critical acclaim along with a swag of awards. Sauvignon Blanc is sourced entirely from Longview's vineyard at Macclesfield.

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