Stimulated by the refreshing maritime winds of Port Phillip Bay, the propitious vines at Cornelius Vineyard yield a precious harvest of the most splendid Chardonnay with every vintage. Crushed into a costly selection of the finest French oak for a luxurious course of barrel ferments, Victoria's answer to Chablis, a big boned Chardonnay style of macadamia, match stick and mineral. Solidly structured and intense, a seamless integration of white peach, calvados and custard cream, fruit, acid and oak in magnificent balance, a long and lingering palate of multi dimensional richness.

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Scotchmans Hill reserve the pick of their parcels for Cornelius, a flagship range representing the most elite blocks within the expansive catalog of estate vineyards. There's a single site of Pinot Gris that outperforms with each vintage. Picked off rows of closely husbanded vines, artisanally handled throughout the vinification, barrel fermented and treated to battonage on sedimentery lees for opulence. Bursting with nutty creamyness, bakers spice, applejack and the opulence of timely oak, a mouthfilling style of Pinot Gris, worthy of the finest gourmandise.

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Single vineyard Pinot Noir, the Grand Cru du Bellarine. Hand picked bunches of fruit are de stemmed to small open fermenters for several days of cold soak and wild indigenous yeast vinification, hand plunged daily and pressed to oak barrel at complete dryness, followed by a course of malolactic and fifteen months maturation. The top cut of fruit from the Scotchman's Hill tally of superior vine, redolent of dark berries, forest floor and spiced cedar oak, Pinot of power, concentrated, structured and defined, a weighty palate of persistence, polish and aplomb.

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Scotchmans Hill enjoy a long established repute for the most satisfying Victorian Sauvignon Blanc, their expertise with the varietal has delivered an unbroken run of salubrious editions which have become a staple of the Australian wine list. Sauvignon Blanc was a natural choice for the Bellarine Peninsula, the team have since developed an intimate knowledge of the soils and microclimates most suitable for producing the very best. Cornelius is the estate flagship, the defining style in maritime influenced, cool climate Victorian Sauvignon Blanc.

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Saline winds, maritime climes and sea shell soils, all conspire to achieve the ultimate Rhône styled Syrah. Bellarine Peninsula was identified by Swiss pioneers as a place of auspicious viticulture in the mid nineteenth century, Scotchmans Hill have established superb vineyards over the very terroirs of the colonial winegrowers. Lithe with pepper, elegant fruit and graceful tannins, this is the flagship Shiraz of the Scotchman, sourced from an elite block of Bellarine vine and fashioned for long lived excellence, ideally alongside a fond of delicately braised veal, truffles and morel.

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Galli Estate produce a variety of quality wines from fruit grown on their vineyards at Sunbury and Heathcote. Galli Estate have been very well received by reviewers, and have been recognised for quality at competitions, already receiving Gold for their Pinot Grigio, a varietal that the winemaking team find very exciting. A milky white wine showing grapefruit, lime and green apple flavours with hints of musk and lemon. Sylish and modern for everyday enjoyment, Galli Estate is long and clean with titillating fruit and a refreshing finish.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Galli Estate is close to the city of Melbourne, and the vineyard is planted on a north-south axis. Vines are kept low yielding to ensure richly flavoured grapes, grown to red ironstone soils over basalt, they are spur-pruned and vertical shoot positioned to ensure fruit development with even ripening. Hand picked grapes are crushed and pressed, the exclusively free-run juices only are settled and then fermented at low temperatures. After a long fermentation in tank to retain freshness and intensity of fruit characters, the wine is cold-settled to clarify. After racking to remove yeast lees, the wine is stabilised, fined, filtered and bottled early to retain the qualities of the vivacious Pinot Grigio. Alcohol 13.0%

Pale in colour. Stone fruit and peach kernel aromas, fine bouquets of lime blossom and grapefruit with a touch of musk. Fine and full flavoured with balanced acidity, the palate exhibits exciting expressions of lime and lemon juice, cooking apples, and some floral notes. It finishes clean and fresh with a chalky, talc like astringency which makes it the perfect accompaniment to stronger flavoured fish, and other seafoods. Have it with traditional faire like mackerel and bay leaves.

Perched atop the spectacular boulder strewn hills of the Great Dividing Range, the Granite Hills property lies to the northern extremity of the Macedon Ranges, along a route taken by Burke and Wills on their fateful journey. At 550 metres, it is one of the highest elevation vineyards in Australia. Established in 1970, a small block of Merlot thrives under the cool ripening climes. A backbone of limited yield, estate growm Merlot is vinified alongside choice parcels, hand selected from good vineyards at Heathcote.

$2599each $311DOZEN EACH DOZEN Granite Hills can lay claim to the oldest vines on the Macedon Ranges, their roots have reached well down into the old, granitic sandy loam soils. It's the excellent drainage and low fertility attributes of the soils at Granite Hills that are so beneficial to the balance of the vine, keeping the yields low and quality of grapes high. This clean vineyard theme is reinforced by exposure to the prevailing winds, which tends to lower any humidity and disease pressures while naturally limiting yields. Hand pruning, meticulous vineyard management and selective hand picking is employed to ensure only the fully ripened grapes ever enter the winery. Matured in a selection of seasoned French and American oak barrels for a year.

Ruby purple colour. Warm toasty oak aromas are supported by ripe Merlot fruit, chocolates and cassis. The palate is full but soft, showing sweet spice and a supple tannin structure. Made to be enjoyed immediately upon release yet will continue to evolve nicely in the medium term. Perfect with lamb and a treat alongside your favourite recipe of shepherd's pie.