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A welcome arrival at the platform on Yering Station, Little Yering is no mean featherweight, a generously proportioned Pinot Noir with the focus on varietal charm, richness of palate and a youthful appeal that makes it a good choice alongside today's cosmopolitan faire. Gentle handling and careful treatment has allowed the expression of quality Yarra Valley Pinot to shine through. Fine French oak has softened the tannins without overpowering the fruit, Little Yering is all about elegance and poise, making it a fine choice as accompaniement to all good food.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Pruning begins in earnest at Yering Station as the vineyard team take aim at providing optimal sunlight for the berries while limiting crop yields to produce a more intense wine. Parcels of Pinot Noir clones MV6 and 777 are selectively harvested and hand picked off mature vines up to fourteen years of age, planted to choice Yarra Valley sites. Fruit is sent to a mix of open and rotary fermenters and treated to a week or two of skin contact macerations before inoculation to cultured yeast type Lalvin BGY. Batches are fermented to dryness over the course of a week or two, followed by completion of malolactic and nine months maturation in a selection of seasoned and new 228 litres French oak barrels.

Bright, red cherry colour. Lifted perfume of violets and lavender, allspice intertwined with gamey, briary red and black cherry fruits. A soft and juicy palate exhibiting a lovely mix of elegant fruit, savoury spice and earthy undertones, a finely textural Pinot wine complimented by subtle vanillin oak and supported by supple tannins before a long and lingering, velvet lined finish. Match with rare duck breast, tuna escalopes or gruyere.

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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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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A sensational accord of two stately arcadian varietals which coalesce into a dulcet harmony of sweet, savoury and spiced red winegum characters. Grapes are all hand picked and de stemmed, crushed and traditionally fermented in open top vessels, followed by a year's maturation in a mix of well seasoned French oak hogsheads. Shiraz bring the bouquet forward with spicy peppered currant notes, the palate brimming with crunchy berry fruits, Barbera contributes a measure of juicy, cherry brightness, taut acid backbone and wonderfully seamless structure.

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