Giaconda

Australian Winemaker of the Year 2003 - Gourmet Traveller Magazine
Top 10 World's Best White Wine Makers 2006 - Decanter Magazine
"Exceptional" (Chardonnay); "Excellent" (Warner Vineyard Shiraz) - Langton's Fine Wine Classification IV
5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion

"These wines have a super-cult status and, given the tiny production, are extremely difficult to find; they are sold chiefly through restaurants and by mail order. All have a cosmopolitan edge befitting Rick Kinzbrunner's international winemaking experience. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are made in contrasting styles: the Chardonnay tight and reserved, the Pinot Noir more variable, but usually opulent and ripe." - James Halliday

 

  • Giaconda Shiraz Estate Vineyard 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Estate Vineyard 2011

    Region: VIC- Beechworth
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    "A melange of red fruits with aspects of Côte-Rôtie briar and earth characters. Pepper and spice combine with a highly aromatic bouquet to give a lifted and expressive nose. The palate is fine,...

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    $95.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2011

    Region: VIC- Beechworth
    Farming Organic Sustainably-made

    Ralph Kyte-Powell 97 points!"This superb Beechworth chardonnay has mineral, struck match and yeasty mystery with a luxurious undercurrent of fruits and oak. The palate has creamy richness with superb...

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    $195.00
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  • Giaconda Chardonnay 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Chardonnay 2010

    Region: VIC- Beechworth
    Farming Organic Sustainably-made

    Jeremy Oliver 98 points!"An essay in restrained power and balance. Scented with a complex bouquet of grapefruit, melon, lemon meringue, lime juice and yellow peach knit with smoky, matchstick-like...

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    $145.00
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  • Giaconda Shiraz Estate Vineyard 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Estate Vineyard 2010

    Region: VIC- Beechworth
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    Jeremy Oliver 93 points!"Complex and structured, this spicy, smoky shiraz marries dark, meaty black and red berry fruits with tight, fine-grained savoury oak and a very fine but robust backbone...

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    $95.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2008

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Shiraz Warner Vineyard 2008

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    Jeremy Oliver Rating 96!"Its peppery, spicy bouquet of deep red and black fruits, dark chocolate and gamey, cedary oak reveals hints of musk, blueberries and briar. Backed by powerful, fine-grained...

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    $105.00
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  • Giaconda Cabernet 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Giaconda Cabernet 2001

    Region: VIC- Alpine Valley

    "Classical, aristocratic and almost essential cabernet with pure, pristine fruit, superb oak handling and assertive, firm tannins that will soften over time. Its dusty, cedary, chocolate-like and...

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    $85.00
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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...

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    $105.00
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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,...

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    $105.00
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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...

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    $195.00
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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...

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    $215.00
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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...

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    $118.00
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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...

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    $195.00
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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...

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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...

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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...

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    $115.00
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