Wendouree

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion

"Exceptional" (Shiraz), "Outstanding" (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Malbec, Shiraz Malbec, Shiraz Mataro) - Langton's Fine Wine Classification IV

"Wendouree vineyards date back to 1893 and its limited production, high quality, unique wines have a reputation for lasting indefinitely. They have achieved a kind of local (Australian) cult status amongst wine drinkers in the know. They are not available retail, the mailing list is the only way to buy them on release and the mailing list remains one of the hardest to get on in Australia." - Wickmans

"An iron fist in a velvet glove best describes these extraordinary wines. They are fashioned with commitment from the very old vineyard... with its unique terroir, by Tony and Lita Brady, who rightly see themselves as custodians of a priceless treasure. The 100+-year-old stone winery is virtually unchanged from the day it was built; this is in every sense a treasure beyond price. Wendouree has never made any comment about its wines, but the subtle shift from the lighter end of full- bodied to the fuller end of medium-bodied seems to be a permanent one (always subject to the dictates of the vintage)." - James Halliday

"For many lovers of big Australian red wines the discussion begins and ends with Wendouree. Truly exceptionally cellar-worthy, these full bodied and gripping red wines are the result of extremely low yields from the very old, unirrigated vines of Shiraz, Malbec, Mataro (Mourvèdre), and Cabernet Sauvignon, many of them growing on untrellised bush-vines... (Wendouree is) a place of honest, old fashioned, careful and artisan wine making where no short cuts are taken, ever."  - Franz Scheurer

 

  • [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Cabernet Malbec 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Cabernet Malbec 2015

    Region: SA- Clare Valley

    Wine Front 95 points!“Wonderful. Smells like a bag of licorice all sorts, or a little like that fancy pastis I bought the other day for $100, though it’s tempered with dark chocolate, ripe blackberry and plum, roses and violet, pencils and biscuit oak...

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    $135.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Malbec 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Malbec 2015

    Region: SA- Clare Valley

    Wine Front 94 points!“Smells like Malbec well enough, with its rosy perfume and ripe plum flavour, though there’s gumleaf and aniseed too, giving it a Clare Valley accent. It’s medium to full bodied, bold plum and blackberry, strewn with dried herb and...

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    $115.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

    Region: SA- Clare Valley

    96 POINTS - WINE FRONT!    "It’s the Clare bush perfume of eucalyptus, aniseed and the like, along with fresh blackberry and blackcurrant, cedar and dusty earth. It often smells like a dry Australian forest after the rain has hit...

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    $165.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Shiraz-Malbec 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Wendouree Shiraz-Malbec 2015

    Region: SA- Clare Valley

    Wine Front 95 points!“A 56/44 split between Shiraz and Malbec from 1919 and 1920 plantings. If the straight Shiraz is a bit too strict, then this Shiraz Malbec is the one you turn to for a bit of a cuddle. Plum, flowers, chocolate, aniseed and cedar...

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    $130.00
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