Victoria

The "home of Australian wine diversity." - Wine Australia

Key varieties: chardonnay, pinot noir, shiraz/syrah, cabernet, riesling, fortifieds

"With more than 800 wineries and over 600 cellar doors, Victoria is a wine lover’s playground. From household-name wineries to boutique producers that fly under the radar, Victoria’s diverse wine scene offers incredible experiences and countless quality bottles to discover.

Pinot noir and chardonnay are true heroes for the state, with some of Australia’s finest examples hailing from the cool-climate reaches of the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Macedon Ranges, Geelong and Gippsland. A little further from Melbourne, expect bold reds, such as shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and others including durif and nebbiolo.

Italian wine varieties have made a home for themselves around the state, but they have a particularly proud and successful past in Victoria’s High Country – the spiritual home of prosecco. Pristine riesling dominates in key regions (Macedon and Great Western are just two to explore), while the state’s warmer climates help to produce vibrant red wines and richer white wines, such as fiano and vermentino.

Delve into Victoria’s 20-plus wine regions for some of Australia’s most consistent top-quality wines." - James Halliday

Map courtesy: James Halliday’s Wine Atlas of Australia (Hardie Grant Books 2008)

  • Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2001

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver Rating 96!"Presenting an exceptional balance between almost flagrant fruit intensity and its lingering savoury finish, this wonderfully concentrated and elegant shiraz offers a perfume of violets, sweet scents of animal hide and freshly...

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    $125.00
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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 2002

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2002

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 97 points!"Sumptuous and seamless, perhaps revealing less artefact and more fruit purity than the signature 1996 vintage, but it looks capable of attaining similar complexity with bottle-age. Beneath fresh melon and stonefruit flavours,...

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    $195.00
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  • Giaconda Pinot Noir 2002

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Pinot Noir 2002

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 95 Points!"There's a suggestion of Chinese fivespice beneath its rather pungent and assertive aromas of raspberries, redcurrants and dark cherries, offset by a pleasing background of slightly musk, meaty aromas. It's a powerful, sumptuous...

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    $115.00
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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2001

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 91 points!My pick as Australi's finest chardonnay, extraordinarily structured and complete, expressing a heritage more Burgundian than Australian. From Rick Kinzbrunner at Beechworth in Victoria. Jeremy Oliver's Australian Wine Annual 2004

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    $165.00
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  • Dalwhinnie Eagle Shiraz 2000

    [SOLD-OUT] Dalwhinnie Eagle Shiraz 2000

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    Jeremy Oliver 95 points!"Its complex, herbal aromas of meaty, peppery and rather gamey small black and red berry fruits reveal a dusty, stalky background that continues throughout its firm and drying palate, but which should evolve with time towards more...

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    $175.00
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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 2000

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2000

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 94 points!My pick as Australi's finest chardonnay, extraordinarily structured and complete, expressing a heritage more Burgundian than Australian. From Rick Kinzbrunner at Beechworth in Victoria. Jeremy Oliver's Australian Wine Annual 2004

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    $165.00
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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 1999

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 1999

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 94 points!My pick as Australi's finest chardonnay, extraordinarily structured and complete, expressing a heritage more Burgundian than Australian. From Rick Kinzbrunner at Beechworth in Victoria. Jeremy Oliver's Australian Wine Annual 2004

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    $175.00
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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 1998

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 1998

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 97 Points!"Even more concentrated and luscious than the ground-breaking 1996 vintage of this wine, the latest Giaconda is a typically fragrant, complex, focused and minerally chardonnay whose harmonies of lightly smoky oak, citrus and...

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    $185.00
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  • Dalwhinnie Eagle Shiraz 1997

    [SOLD-OUT] Dalwhinnie Eagle Shiraz 1997

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    Jeremy Oliver 97 points!"Marvellously complex, firm but velvet-like musky shiraz whose earthy, floral, farmyard and smallgoods aromas are thoroughly permeated by penetrative dark cherry, plum fruit and enhanced by smooth chocolate oak. Tight, fine and...

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    $195.00
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