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)

  • [SOLD-OUT] Taltarni Museum Cabernet 1982

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    In the early 1960s, ex-schoolteacher turned earth moving contractor, Walter Henning combined forces with some Ballarat businessmen and began the search for land to plant a vineyard. Walter with Geoff and Max Oliver flew their aircraft all around...

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  • Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2004

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    Jeremy Oliver 97 points!"Heady, wild, floral and musky aromas of cassis, plums, redcurrants and cranberries are handsomely supported by dusty new vanilla oak and backed by minty nuances of menthol, licorice and treacle. Sumptuous and smooth, its seamless...

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  • Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2005

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2005

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver Rating 96!"A massively proportioned shiraz by the standards of this vineyard, and one whose meaty ripeness and treatment with bruising, charry oak simply demands time in the cellar. It opens with exaggerated slowness to reveal deep,...

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  • Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2004

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    "The 2004 vintage was an exceptional year for reds; dry, cool weather produced wines that delivered power, finesse and complexity at much lower alcohol levels. In short, ripeness without sweetness, power without the heavy cloying hand of overripe fruit...

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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 2006 Estate Vineyard

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2006 Estate Vineyard

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    "There are certainly Australian Chardonnays with a cult following. A prime example is Giaconda from the high Ovens Valley in Victoria, made in tiny quantities and difficult to run to earth. This is the sort of wine Americans call funky, i.e. far from the...

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  • Dalwhinnie Eagle Shiraz 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Dalwhinnie Eagle Shiraz 2004

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    -Campbell Mattinson 95 points!“ It’ s not hard to imagine this turning into a classic. The tannin structure is super-fine and super good, the fruit pristine and the profile of it spot-on. Chalky, cherried, tobacco-like, perfumed on the nose and in the...

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  • Sorrenberg Chardonnay 2006

    [SOLD-OUT] Sorrenberg Chardonnay 2006

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley
    Farming Organic Biodynamic

    "The nose of the 2006 Chardonnay is showing a combination of peach and melon fruits with a hint of citrus, This carries through to the tight minerally well balanced finish. The oak treatment is obvious but subtle ensuing the wine has a soft lingering...

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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 2005

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2005

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Wine Advocate 95 points!"The 2005 Chardonnay Estate was barrel fermented with native yeasts in French oak, 50% new, where it remained for 18 months. The wine was bottled unfiltered. Medium gold-colored, it delivers aromas of mineral, spice box, baked...

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  • Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2001

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    Jeremy Oliver 94 points!"Complex, understated aromas of floral, spicy and musky red cherries, plums and raspberries overlay suggestions of undergrowth, leather and freshly turned earth. Fine and restrained, but with a smooth and fatty texture, it opens...

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  • Dalwhinnie Cabernet 2000

    [SOLD-OUT] Dalwhinnie Moonambel Cabernet 2000

    Region: VIC- Pyrenees

    Firm, ripe and long-term central Victorian red with sweet aromas of fresh raspberries, candied cherries, vanilla and cedary oak. Ripe without being overcooked, its slightly jammy palate of bright berry flavours is backed by a powerful, balanced but...

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  • Giaconda Pinot Noir 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Pinot Noir 2004

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 94 points!"Fine and silky, this elegant and tightly knit wine needs time to evolve into a Volnay-like expression of pinot. Already quite evolved, it reveals rustic, reductive and briary scents of dark plums, red cherries, smoked meats and...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2004

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    "Racy yet very textural. Powerful nose with an interesting combination of fruit and mineral whilst the palate has extreme impact and focus. Signature Giaconda flavours of meal and hazelnut, great length and balance. This is all about concentration with...

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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