From an organically farmed, biodynamically managed vineyard, a salient expression of western districts Victoria Pinot Noir, having claimed a succession of significant awards at the hotly contested, national competition of Boutique Wine Makers. All the requisite cherry complexity and fleshy richness, velvet tannins and pure pastoral charm of resplendent Pinot Noir, from a precious little vineyard within a tiny enclave, endowed by a truly remarkable microclime.

An artisanal emulation of the great white Bordeaux, grown along the left bank of Garonne around the illustrious appellation of Graves. Mostly Sauvignon Blanc, a fifth of Semillon et soupcon de Muscadelle, each row of vine picked just as the intensity in the grapes peaks. Luxuriously barrel fermented in seasoned French oak, treated to pressage sauvage for texture, lees stirring battonage and a year's maturation, fashioned for complexity in a tittilatingly dry style, for those who prefer their whites, savoury, salacious and structurally refined.

Completely oak barrel fermented Sauvignon Blanc, in the style of the fashionable Californians who coined the term Fumé Blanc while in search of the ultimate, titillatingly, dry white elixir. A firm press of grapes for textural sauvage and phenolic grip, is followed by vinification at higher temperatures on gross solids for complexity and charm. Deeply oyster shelled bouquet, brimming with smoky florals, calico and bouquet garni, its juicily drying palate, resolving on a finish of crystaline jube, wet pebbles and savouriness of grilled smoky nuts.

Exceptional Langtons Classification. The low yielding, unirrigated vines at Mount Mary Vineyard are planted to grey sandy clay loams over broken shale soils. The percentage of each varietal included into Quintet every year is determined largely by the vagaries of vintage, factors such as fruit set and quality of harvest. An extravagantly rich cepage of Cabernet and Merlot, Malbec, Verdot and Cabernet Franc, Quintet exhibits an uncanny balance which drinks beautifully, a slight alcohol lift on finish will see it through for many years to come.

Established 1971, Mount Mary is a single vineyard estate, one of the first to be planted during the resurgence of interest in Yarra Valley wines. John and Marli Middleton became obsessed with the great French growths after visits to Burgundy and Bordeaux. They resolved to find a very special Yarra Valley site with a view to emulating the statuesque French styles. The topical cépage of Grenache and Mourverdre, Cinsault and Shiraz, matured sixteen months in an eclectic mix of good French oak, a slightly more fruit forward, earlier drinking style of Mt Mary.

The opulence of oak barrel vinifications, a firm press of the ferments, lees stirring and extended term of age, Marli Russell is as voluptuous as you'll find Marsanne Roussanne. A bouquet that bursts from the glass, beautiful lychee perfumes, white peaches, pears and fresh lime, a more ish honeydew sweetness, exceptional drive by virtue of such juicy acidity and judicious phenolic texture. Offering layers of complexity and marvelous length, the intensity builds along the entire palate, long after Ms Marli has played and departed.

Excellent Langtons Classification. A long and extended growing season means that the Mount Langhi property is one of the last blocks to be harvested in Victoria. Also of significance is that only the best berries are carefully picked off the precious old vines. The famous Langhi Ghiran is fermented in traditional open, shallow, concrete tanks, before ageing in a selection of the finest oak barrels. It is the strong synergy between a unique microclime, fastidious viticulture and proficiency at winemaking that can achieve the paragon which is Langi Ghiran.

Excellent Langtons Classification. Crafted from fruit grown to the renowned Old Block on the Mount Langi Ghiran property, established by the Fratin family in 1963, the vines are nearing a half century of age. A deeply flavoured, compelling Shiraz from the parched aspects of Victoria's Grampian ranges, it stands as one of Australia's most esteemed and stately wines.

Mount Langi make Victoria's most profound Shiraz, the confluence of parched and inhospitable terrains, exhilerated by the sobering Grampians winds, coax grapevines into concentrating flavours and intensifying the natural fruit sugars as berries slowly ripen. The wines of Mount Langi are renowned for their redolent bramble spice perfumes and generously weighted palates, as supported by such long lived, stately tannins. A luxurious effervescent Shiraz, extravagantly aged two years in own bottle and fashioned to a clean, ebullient contemporary styling.

A pure Grampians Shiraz, much of the fruit from vines planted to the eastern granite slopes of Mount Langi Ghiran. A significant whole bunch maceration component is central to the style, building on the perfumes and delicate aromatics. Showing terrific weight of fruit flavours, complex spice and balanced tannins. With an excellent balance of finesse and depth, pointing the way for Cliff Edge Shiraz in terms of intensity and structure. Deep and dynamic, fashioned from parcels of the most splendid Victorian Shiraz, a more powerful rendering than it's local siblings.

Increasingly, Mount Langi are reaping the harvest of some sensational old rootstock, sown decades ago. These cossetted parcels of vine may be challenging to manage but they yield the finest Shiraz in the greater Grampians region. The pick of these younger, albeit fully mature blocks represent a significant inclusion in Cliff Edge Shiraz, delivering the requisite intensity of flavour, concentration and finesse, when assembled around a backbone of Mount Langi Ghiran's most precious old vines fruit.

Riesling grapes grown to the higher altitudes of slower ripening latitudes, form distinctive fruit characters and the wonderfully fragrant esters which have established the varietal as favourite amongst the world's great winemakers. The big secret at Mount Langi is that they retain access to some of the oldest Riesling vines in Australia, planted to craggy heights and wind swept plateaus in the Grampians. A generously flavoured, fully aromatic Riesling wine, endowed with viscosity and a measure of mineral, uncannily akin to her noble old world siblings.

The Mount Langi property was recognized as ideal for the production of full bodied wines over a century ago. Planted to white wine grapes in the 1990s, it is now home to some of the most eloquent examples of Pinot Gris in Australia. A soundly structured wine of juicy bonbon flavours and fragrantly spiced florals, supported by a supple hint of oak. Mount Langi vineyard's spectacular aspects form a unique amphitheatre, where the cool Grampian climes ripen Pinot Gris grapes fully, to achieve optimal fruit characters and exemplary varietal complexity.

A delicious by product of Trevor Mast's quest to perfect the ultimate Grampians Shiraz, built to be forward drinking and approachable. Billi Billi is vinified from local grower's fruit, selections of estate grown Shiraz and bush vine grapes, alongside parcels imported from fine vineyards in Bendigo and Swan Hill. With a focus on fruit intensity over cellaring and complexity, Billi Billi is fashioned with the drinker in mind. A plushly textured Shiraz, expressing fully the well defined Grampians style, making Billi Billi an excellent introduction to the icons of Mount Langi Ghiran.

Pinot Gris vines were first planted at Mount Langi in the early 1990s. With altitudes and climes not dissimilar to the grape's original home in Alsace along the Valley Rhine, Grampians grown Pinot Gris is brimming with the baked pear and cool ripened lychee characters, kernel aromaticness and textural richness which make white Pinot wines so charming and persuasive. A match to bitey cheese and the freshest seafood, Mount Langi drinks magnificently alongside pork with apple dressing.

The key to making a great wine lies in the creation of a great vineyard that's managed by dedicated growers. Mount Camel Ridge was planned and executed in just such a manner, to establish a site which can yield controlled amounts of the most resplendent Shiraz wine. Yields are kept low and the property is farmed to sustainable land management techniques, the results are worth the painstaking efforts. Already integrated and drinking beautifully now, Mount Camel Ridge exudes a lively lifted nose due to the inclusion of a judicious amount of Viognier.

Mt Burrumboot was going to be a legend from the very outset, the inaugural vintage of this magic Shiraz claimed Gold in San Francisco. An awesome example of Heathcote, the earliest editions all showed fantastic aromas, intense fruit, and true finesse. The best Shiraz Burrumboot have made to date, a complex, robust wine with mulberry/ blackberry fighting on the palate, leather and spice hovering around the nose, framed by brilliantly integrated, lithe vanillan oak and supported by long and fine, ripe and elegant tannins.

One of Australia's most internationally renowned wines, a superb Tokay of opulence and splendour. Its heady, fruit laden, honey and butterscotch nose, underpinned by the sweetness of raisin and aged vanilla, an exquisite concentration, smooth, silky textures and soft, warmth of spirit on the middle palate, a graciously drying finish over lingering length of mellowing, festive fruit characters. Assembled from a range of vintages, the older wines bringing an intensity of flavour, rancio and grape tannins, gently imparting the influence of time, as the wines evolve within a selection of seasoned casks and fine oak barrels.

Fortified from the classic Australian Tawny varietals, predominately Shiraz and Grenache, Morris of Rutherglen's historical, quarantined old vines yield some of the nation's most precious parcels of fruit. A profound, multi layered structure of mature fruit flavours, with aged oak/rancio expressions and almond creamyness, balanced by a deep spirit dryness, continuing on a long and persistent, flavoursome and textural finish. The classic, rich and full Australian style, offering tremendous length, ribald complexity and satiating palate warmth.

Only the best vintages are selected for the Premium Rare Old Muscat, all releases win significant awards at major international competitions. In blending, a range of vintages are used, the older wines giving intensely concentrated luscious flavours and aged complexity and the younger wines imparting the fresh fruit character. A bouquet of intense raisiny fruit and soft wood aged characters. A rich and luscious palate supported by rancio complexity, a great depth of mouth filling and lingering flavours. Fortified Wine of the Year Trophy!

Rutherglen is possibly the only productive enclave of world class Durif wines anywhere on earth. It also yields a quality of Shiraz that's unique in the world of wine, by virtue of the region's phyloxera and quarantine of vines. The Morris family have been making wine at Rutherglen since 1859. Within thirty years of establishment, their flourishing operations had made Morris the largest wine producer in the southern hemisphere. Introductions aside, Morris make an effervescent red wine of remarkable intensity, profound richness and sheer class.

Rutherglen Tokay grapes, synonymous with Muscadelle, picked off the Morris Mia Mia vineyard. A selection of wines from different vintages is chosen, each contributing special characteristics to make a wine with complexity of age, youthfulness, freshness of flavour and consistency of style. A concentrated nose showing great depth of malty Tokay character. The palate is complex, intense and luscious, combined with freshness. A superb Tokay of real quality and richness.

The fifth generation of the Morris family continue to make the most memorable Rutherglen Tawny wines. A sublime, oak matured Grenache Shiraz Mourverdre, evolving marvelous complexity after many years under the estate cellars. Grapes are allowed to remain on the vine until high sugar levels and an intense concentration of flavour develop. After crushing, ferments and pressing, the young wine is fortified with a low strength spirit, as opposed to other styles which are fortified with a higher alcoholic spirit, infuse greater complexity and encouraging opulent palate richness.

The fifth generation of Morris endure as one of the world’s great winemaking estates, releasing an unbroken lineage of internationally renowned fortifieds year after year. Morris Liqueur Muscats are vinified from precious harvests of Brown Muscat grapes, a clone of the Muscat aux Petit Grains Rouge, which grows in bunches of small red berries. A rich bouquet of the most intense varietal Muscat characters, driven by a palate of wanton, indulgent complexity and beautified by the most beguiling rancio richness.

The first Morris of Rutherglen Durif vines were planted in the 1920s but it was not until the fourth generation that Charles Henry Morris, Mick to his mates, released a pure Durif varietal wine under the pseudonym Claret in 1954. Mick was the first family vigneron to be university educated, his legacy endures as Morris of Rutherglen’s flagship red, a true icon of Australian wine. Brimming with dark blue fruit and soft gentle spice, CHM is rich and full bodied, seductive with concentrated berry flavours over plush oak tannins and lingering finish.

George Francis Morris established a small vineyard in 1859, just two miles east of the current Mia Mia Morris family wineworks. A Rutherglen specialty, Durif is a characteristically big wine, originally imported from Hermitage by Victoria's legendary viticulturalist Francois de Castella circa 1908. A totally edifying drink to acccompany ripe, tasty cheeses or char flamed grills, heaven sent for rare sirloin, the perfect match to venison and gourmandise game.

Carlo Monichino grew up among the illustrious old vineyards of Asti in Piedmonte. He migrated to Australia 1949 and planted his own rootstock at Katunga in the Goulburn Valley 1962. Carlo's fascination with the opulent styles of Rutherglen delivered him the prestigious Chris Killeen Trophy and a precious block of the most exquisite Durif vines. Treated to the wonderful old world regimens of hand plunging and open ferments, Monichino age their Durif in nothing but the finest, exclusively new French and American oak for a luxurious eighteen months.

Shiraz was one of the first varieties planted by Carlo Monichino in the 1960s, he recognized the suitability of Goulburn Valley for viticulture and set out to make wines as he did, while growing up amongst the undulating vineyards of Italy's Piemonte. Monichino remains a largely family run operation, neighbours and the extended relations all join in at vintage. A splendid Shiraz, crafted exclusively from estate grown fruit and treated to an extended maturation, for a thoroughly charming wine of engaging complexity and exquisite balance.