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

  • Head Wines Contrarian Shiraz 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines Contrarian Shiraz 2012

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

    Gary Walsh 95+ points! "Moculta " Eden Valley. Plenty of whole bunch, it seems, and even more love. Black pepper, blackcurrant, blackberry " pure expression of fruit, despite the whole bunch spice and artefact. Medium bodied, grainy and slightly sappy,...

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    $34.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines Old Vine Grenache 2014

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines Old Vine Grenache 2014

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

    Wine Front 95 points!"Sweet cherries and raspberry, spice, smoked meat, peanuts in their shells, dried flowers and a pleasant kind of sweatiness. Light to medium bodied, confusingly feels succulent and bony at the same time, has a gentle sweetness of red...

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    $39.00
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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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  • Head Wines Old Vine Grenache 2013

    [SOLD-OUT] Head Wines Old Vine Grenache 2013

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

    Gary Walsh 95 points!"Born of a 70 something year old vineyard in the Krondorf sub-region and raised in one 20 year old 2500 litre barrel. And that is exactly the way you should bring a great Grenache into the world, if you ask me. Also, don't worry if...

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    $38.50
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