Head Wines

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion

"HEAD Wines was started in 2006 by Alex Head. It focuses on single site Rhone varietals from the Barossa and Eden Valleys in South Australia. Each HEAD Wine shows a distinctive house style of powerful fruit weight, elegance, freshness, finesse and balance which starts by farming vineyards sustainably and in some cases using organics and biodynamics. Yields are low/controlled, grapes are hand-picked, ferments use indigenous yeasts with some retention of stems and maturation in larger format barrels. Minimal sulphur is used during the whole wine-making process and bottling is without fining or filtration. Each Head Wine not only represents Alex Head's strong views on what makes balanced, drinkable wines for the table, but a guarantee of absolute quality, value and consistency." - Head Wines

"...The naming of the wines reflects his fascination with Cote-Rotie in the Northern Rhone Valley. The two facing slopes in Cote-Rotie are known as Cote Blonde and Cote Brune. Head's Blonde comes from an east-facing slope in the Stone Well area, while The Brunette comes from a very low-yielding vineyard in the Moppa area." - James Halliday

  • [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2019

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2019

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

    WINE FRONT 94+ POINTS! JAMES HALLIDAY 94 POINTS!

      "26yo Stonewell vines. Wild fermented; matured in 40% new French oak hogsheads and puncheons. Named in honour of limestone bedrock, this is a Barossa shiraz that presents depth and definition with life and space. Crunchy, tangy blackberries and...

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    $55.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2017

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2017

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

       "Chocolate, rosemary, wet earth, pepper, blue and black fruit. Medium bodied, tannin is pretty grippy and gritty, and dry, blue fruits and chocolate, mocha and earth, dry and spicy to close." - Gary Walsh, Wine Front   "The...

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    $60.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2016

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2016

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

    WINE FRONT 95 POINTS!

      "Classic Barossa Shiraz with layers of ripe sweet fruit, all plum, musk and chocolate, and just so seductive and so well done, it’s hard not to fall in love with the style. Ripe and thick chocolat-y tannin, a mouth-perfume and a smattering...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2015

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

    Wine Front 93+ points!“Moppa. 97% Shiraz (1654 clone), 3% Mataro. 10% whole bunch. Fresh blackberry and boysenberry, spice, liquorice, tar and dried herbs. Medium bodied, juicy bramble fruits, crisp boysenberry acidity, salted beef, firm but fine...

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    $60.00
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  • Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2012

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

    Gary Walsh 95 points!"Moppa. Bright and fresh, blackberry and boysenberry with fresh berry acidity, almost a tang to it, dark fruit, leather and bitter chocolate and herb. Has a slow churn of tannin to go with the pippy acidity and finishes very long...

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    $55.00
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  • Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2011

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

    Pepper, meat, dried herbs and vegetal notes but plenty of blackberry/blackcurrant fruit with it " cool wet vintage and winemaker conspiring to make a surprisingly Rhone-styled Barossa wine here. It's medium bodied, very firm and chalky in the mouth with...

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    $50.00
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