William Downie

Young Australian Winemaker of the Year 2006 - Gourmet Traveller

"William Downie established his own label in 2003 after several years living and working in Burgundy. His intention is to produce wines of purity and detail that reflect their place of origin. They are made in the most natural way possible, not pushed or shoved in any direction. They are not added to or subtracted from. Although each of the William Downie wines is made from Pinot Noir, the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland are more different than they are similar. William was the Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine Young Australian Winemaker of The Year for 2006." - William Downie

"William Downie is so highly regarded in Australian wine circles as a maker of top pinot noir that he is almost synonymous with the variety. De Bortoli’s Steve Webber once described him as the “best winemaker in Australia” and a group of sommeliers have even formed a fan club, Team Downie." - Jeremy Pringle, Wine Companion

  • [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2015

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    Wine Front 94 points!“There’s almost a plush generosity here, but it’s more characterised by its free-flowing air. It writes its flavours in cursive script, everything joined and running into the next thing, a feeling of movement and speed. Kerouac-ian...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2014

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2014

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    "Very floral on the nose with violets, rose and lavender as well as clove, fennel and licorice. The palate is soft and juicy but not sweet with poached plums and peaches, mulberries and oolong tea. Tart acid and the usual granite minerality provide...

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  • William Downie Thousand Candles 2013

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Thousand Candles 2013

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    Tyson Stelzer 97 points!"Once in a very, very long while a wine bursts into the world and smashes the familiar paradigms of classic blends and traditional practices with the kind of distinction that sets it among the classics. Thousand Candles Yarra...

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  • William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2013

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2013

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    Tyson Stelzer 96 Points! "As always, the Yarra presents the most graceful persona of the Downie set, and its allure in 2013 makes it my pick of the trilogy. This is a pinot noir that elegantly harmonises pretty rose petal lift, red cherry, wild...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Thousand Candles 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Thousand Candles 2012

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    "The 2011 was wrong but the 2012 is right. It drinks as an act of redemption. We are all unforgiven in an unforgiving world but William Downie, the craftsmen behind both this wine and the controversial 2011, has placed something exquisite on the table...

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  • William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2012

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    William Downie's Victorian pinots are delicate expressions of this fascinating grape. This Yarra version is refined with appealing softness mid-palate.The Age Epicure, 11th June 2013. There's certainly an earthiness to the wine " savoury, dusty aromas...

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  • William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2011

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    "Dark cherries, peach, pencil lead, charcuterie and flint. A little uptight at this stage and will need some time in bottle. The wine has a pure mineral core framed by hints of jasmine and gardenia with red fruits revealed only at the end."William Downie

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  • William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2010

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    Tyson Stelzer 94 points! "Pinot lord Bill Downie is in a happy place. Lively, expressive and precise. His YV Pinot, that is! Pretty poached strawberries, red cherries, rose petals and cumquat with well-structured tannins." Tyson Stelzer, Wine100, June...

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  • William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2008

    [SOLD-OUT] William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2008

    Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    Jeremy Oliver 95 points!'A stylish, savoury and rather closed pinot of texture, tightness and length. It's quite reductive and needs plenty of aeration for its delicate fragrance of rose petals, red cherries and plums to flower in harmony with earthy,...

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