A stately Victorian Cabernet Sauvignon and the Brown Brothers flagship, released at five years of age. The most superlative parcels are vinified and assembled each vintage into a powerhouse of a wine with intense blackberry palate and juicy tannins. Fruit is sourced from outstanding sites, the most distinguished old vines in all Victoria, places as far afield as Beechworth, Mornington and Pyrenees. A rich and concentrated, statuesque style of Cabernet Sauvignon, layered with sweet berry flavours and fine oak characters to compliment a long dry finish.

$4999each $599DOZEN EACH DOZEN In 1885 at the age of eighteen, John Francis Brown planted Shiraz grapes on his Milawa property, located in the lower reaches of King Valley. Several generations of winemaking expertise have since accumulated and are brought to bear on this most illustrious edition within the Brown Brothers portfolio. Grapes are destemmed and crushed to fermenters with the use of some juice run off to concentrate fruit flavours and intensity. Select small batches are cared for at the Brown Brothers Kindergarten Winery before assembling into an intense and concentrated wine. Patricia was matured eighteen months in a selection of mostly new French oak barriques before bottling and a further spell of cellar ageing.

Deep crimson colour. Complex aromas of red berries and blackcurrant, while the influence of French contributes a gentle cedar lift. The palate is rich and concentrated with sweet fruit and hints of nutmeg. Exhibits great length and is well structured with ripe flavours and seamless elegant finish. Patricia has evolved beautifully after several years ageing under the Brown Brothers cellars, softening the palate and integrating tannins.

Patricia is a muscular and complex flagship wine, named for the estate's matriarch, a tour de force of Victorian Shiraz, defined by a reverential handling of fruit, picked off Victoria's most exclusive vineyards. A sensational backbone from the distinguished Brown Brothers Heathcote block is vinified alongside parcels from superior sites in Bendigo, Henty and Valley King. A rich course of oak barrel ferments is followed by eighteen months in a luxuriously high proportion of new, French and American puncheons and barriques. Patricia finishes with immense length, profound elegance and fine, velvet tannins.

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Intriguing deep inky colour. Ripe perfumes, aromatic blackberry nose supported by shavings of toasty oak, hints of cinnamon and white pepper. A fully intense palate, concentration of fruit, oak and tannins in amazing balance, its big, chocolatey girth of intense fruit flavours are underpinned by the savouryness of roast meats, cherry reductions and pan grille. Victorian Shiraz of extraordinary richness, stride and aplomb.

Originally formulated by John Charles Brown OBE in 1954 and crafted to this very day in the exact same manner. Mondeuse plantings were brought to Australia in the early 1900s by the legendary Francois de Castella of St Hubert fame, they have remained the most precious parcel of Brown Brothers heirloom vines since the 1920s. At Milawa, Mondeuse translates into an inky, deeply tannic wine, it forms synergies with the sweet fruit plumpness of Shiraz and statuesque elegance of Cabernet Sauvignon to coalesce into a rich, opulent style of eloquence and structure.

$7999each $959DOZEN EACH DOZEN Mondeuse is renowned for its resilience, generosity of harvest and robust flavours. Assembled from a half part Shiraz, the balance in Cabernet Sauvignon and Mondeuse from the finest plantings at Milawa in Valley King, components are treated to the same course of vinification pioneered by John C Brown in the 1950s. Shiraz is crushed into fermenters, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon and lastly by Mondeuse. The co ferments integrate the individual characters, infuse marvelous colour, build flavour and optimize tannin richness. Upon completion, ferments are filled to a selection of seasoned and new American oak puncheons and barriques for an extravagant two years maturation.

Brown Brothers retain a heritage of fine winemaking which is almost as old as Victorian viticulture itself. Colonial officials are recorded as praising the quality of Brown Brothers Shiraz as far back as 1889. They have since established, an inventory of the most distinguished vineyards. The Shiraz from their Heathcote property has been an essential component to many of Brown Brothers most memorable vintages. As a pure, single vineyard wine, it affords aspirants the opportunity to savour the pick of Heathcote's crop, the first choice alongside a flame seared, well marbled cut of beef.

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN Heathcote is one of the few places in Australia to have established an international reputation as a delineated appellation of single varietal wine. The Brothers Heathcote Vineyard was planted to rolling hills, astride an auspicious ridge which forms the backbone of Mount Camel Ranges, on a strip of rich volcanic Cambrian Terra Rosa soils. Ten Acres is a single vineyard Shiraz from a distinguished Heathcote site, parcels are crushed into a cold soak and treated to a course of vinification, followed by completion of malolactic and a year's maturation in a selection of seasoned and new, American and French oak puncheons and barriques.

Deep brick red colour. Intensely lifted aromas of red and dark berry fruit fragrances, the classic pepper notes of Heathcote Shiraz, violet florals and ferrous earth. Medium bodied palate, layered with plum and bramble fruit flavours, preserved prune and a seasoning of oriental spice, framed by the suppleness of cherry tree oak and supported by a length of fine, muscular tannins.

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN

The Brown family vineyards were originally established 1970 on rich terra rosa soils over salubruious sandy loam limestones, a spectacular terroir for the realization of full bodied, fleshy red wines. A propitious natural bequeth of underground aquifers nourish the vines with clean and healthy artesian waters. Pure Malbec in decidedly Padthaway styling, a lovely nose of sweet fruits, redcurrant and dainty French oak, followed by the dried sage and crushed leaf of fragrant Malbec. Intensely floral, Malbec of superior length, balanced along a length of fine, suede chamois tannins.

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$3499each $419DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Crafted by a rising star of the Padthaway region, recipients South Australian Cabernet Of Year Trophy and runner-up South Australian Wine Of Year. Their commitment has not gone unnoticed by the global industry press, Decanter has identified Browns as one of the Hottest Wineries to Watch. To create nothing but the best, Browns have employed the peerless expertise of the stellar O'Leary Walker winemaking team. A blooming blackcurrant cassis nose precedes a palate of luscious winegum and jube flavours, supported by juicy tannins and flattering cocoa oak.

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Five generations of viticulture make Browns one of the few family owned labels still producing outstanding vintages of Padthaway Shiraz. Planted predominately to the renowned Terra Roa over limestone super soils, Brown's vineyards have long provided the harvests for the nation's leading brands. Treated to an extended term of age in the pick of American and French oak hogsheads, T-Trellis is a big, generous, complex earthy wine, led by magnificent bouquets of savoury floral, chewy licorice and winegum spice, Shiraz of seamless balance, supported by ripe, mouthfilling berry flavours.

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Retaining exclusive access to a choice parcel of the finest Heathcote Zinfandel, Buckshot craft distinctive wines which reflect the bounty of soils whence they originate. A limited production of a only a few hundred cases, fruit is harvested off some of the oldest vines in Heathcote and vinfied in traditional two tonnes open fermenters which are parked within an annex of the sprawling wineworks at Domaine Chandon. Low rainfalls, warm days and cool nights combine to stimulate the sagely old vines, planted to vivid red soils over an east facing slope just to the southwest of Colbinabbin on Mt Camel Range.

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