Halliday Wine Companion 2024

We are excited to share that multiple of our brands have received some fantastic reviews with the release of the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion.

Scoring 90 points and above includes our beloved wines from Pewsey Vale Vineyard, Dalrymple Vineyards, Jansz Tasmania, Heggies Vineyard, Running with Bulls, mesh, and more!

To celebrate we are offering 10% for the next two days.

PEWSEY VALE VINEYARD
10 YEAR RELEASE THE CONTOURS RIESLING 2013

"When I first moved to the Barossa, I always used to take a wrong turn when I took the 'shortcut' from the valley floor to my home in Eden Valley. My journey always started to go pear-shaped not long after the beautiful Pewsey Vale vineyard. I've done a bit of swearing up in those hills, and I swear that these Contours museum releases are some of my favourite rieslings. Light straw in the glass with mesmerising aromas of dried hay, Bickford's lime cordial, almond blossom, freshly baked brioche, cultured butter, crushed quartz, pecans and the lightest whiff of marzipan. It takes off on the palate endlessly complex, super long and sustained with a porcelain acidity providing focus and cadence. I swear there is also a note that reminds me of my father's workshop, where he seasoned wood when I was a kid. I've always planned on writing an article on the 'neurochemistry of nostalgia' about such memories. I must do that. Thanks for the reminder Contours, you beautiful little wine. An absolute belter of a museum release."

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

PEWSEY VALE VINEYARD
1961 BLOCK RIESLING 2022

"With vines planted between 1961 and 2010 at close to 500m elevation in the Eden Valley, Pewsey Vale is a pretty special place. It always seems to be a site that can coax the very best out of the riesling grape. Pristine characters of freshly squeezed lime and lemon fruits with a blast of crunchy green apple and hints of crushed quartz, Christmas lily and lighter wafts of marzipan and petrichor. Detailed and precise, the fruit rides on rails of minerally acidity, setting a cracking pace across the palate before finishing pure and true. Great stuff."

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

PEWSEY VALE VINEYARD
LIGHTER RIESLING 2022

"It's a smart move, releasing a lighter style, low alcohol riesling. There's certainly a market for such a wine. It teeters just on the off-dry side of the RS ridgeline, showing bright characters of lemon, peach and grapefruit along with some green apple tones and hints of makrut lime, stone and citrus zest. Nice tangy grapefruit acidity on the finish, too, which is clean and moreish"

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

HEGGIES VINEYARD
RESERVE CHARDONNAY 2021

"Pale straw with the merest flash of green in the glass. Notes of juicy white peach and nectarine with a splash of grapefruit lift. Hints of cinnamon, nougat, white flowers, stone, struck flint, apple pastries and nicely judged French oak. Detailed and long with excellent clarity, sapid, lipsmacking acidity and pure, lightly oak-spiced stone and citrus fruits on the long, crystalline finish."

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

HEGGIES VINEYARD
ESTATE CHARDONNAY 2021

“Cool Eden Valley-sourced chardonnay from some of the first Bernard clone plantings in Australia. Pale straw in the glass with aromas of bright nectarine and white peach with hints of grapefruit, white flowers, crushed quartz and lighter wafts of vanillin oak and marzipan. Plenty of flesh and textural verve with clotted cream and citrus rind notes joining in on the palate as it builds for a long, sustained finish.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

HEGGIES VINEYARD
CLOUDLINE CHARDONNAY 2022

“Pale straw in the glass with aromas of bright white peach, nectarine and citrus with hints of soft spice, nougat, almond blossom, crème fraîche and stone. Finely honed and precise on the palate with tight grapefruit-like acidity driving the ripe stone fruits forward to a crisp, dry and utterly moreish finish. Great value from a stellar Eden Valley vintage.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion, 2024

JANSZ TASMANIA
LATE DISGORGED VINTAGE CUVÉE 2014

“Pipers River fruit, 53/47% chardonnay/pinot noir; first disgorged in May ’21 with 86 months on tirage. Mid-straw in the glass with an enthusiastic fine bead and mousse. Aromas of green apple, lemon curd, poached pears, toasted almonds, white flowers, clotted cream and tones of freshly baked pastries. Creamy yet focused with a crystalline acid drive, lemon and apple fruit flavours, soft spice and a long, dry and refreshing finish.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

JANSZ TASMANIA
PONTOS HILLS VINTAGE CUVÉE 2018

"The second release of a wine celebrating the opening of the Pontos Hills Winery and Vineyard in the Coal River Valley. A blend of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, three years on lees. Pale straw with a fine, lively bead and mousse and aromas of preserved lemon, baked apple, fresh biscuits, brioche, roasting hazelnuts, lightly spiced poached pears, nougat and white flowers. A tweak of pithy grapefruit phenolics on the finish and a crisp, fine line of natural acidity sets a cracking cadence. Lovely drinking."

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

JANSZ TASMANIA
PREMIUM ROSÉ NV

“A blend of 77/23% pinot noir/chardonnay from vineyards in the Pipers River and Tamar Valley regions. Pale salmon in the glass with an energetic bead and mousse, aromas of redcurrants, strawberry and raspberry with hints of berry cream, brioche, rose petals, white flowers and stone. There is a creamy flow on the palate, gentle, pure red fruits and some light autolysis notes as the wine slowly fades away showing a slight tweak of texture and a fine, racy line.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

DALRYMPLE VINEYARDS
SINGLE SITE COAL RIVER VALLEY PINOT NOIR 2021

“A bright mid-ruby hue with aromatically detailed red plum, red apple and raspberry fruits leaping from the glass. Hints of exotic spices, pressed flowers, Chinese barbecue shop, leaf litter, mushroom risotto, amaro herbs and game meats. Bright and focused with a lovely fruit and acid tension, fine, chalky tannins and a mineral-laden acid drive. There is a vitality and shape to this wine that impresses greatly, finishing savoury and sustained.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

DALRYMPLE VINEYARDS
SINGLE SITE PIPERS RIVER PINOT NOIR 2021

“Pinot noir sourced from the Cottage Block on the Dalrymple Pipers River estate. Aromas of ripe plum, red cherry and dried cranberries underscored by hints of fine spice, red licorice, purple floral tones, leaf litter, mushroom broth and game meats. There is an expansive, detailed shape to the wine as it swells with dark and red fruits before a seam of sapid acidity drives the wine to a sustained finish of spicy red fruits and gamey notes.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

DALRYMPLE VINEYARDS
SINGLE SITE OUSE PINOT NOIR 2021

“Pinot noir sourced from the super-cool, inland Ouse vineyard in Tasmania's Central Highlands. Mid-ruby with aromas of exotically spiced satsuma plum, red cherry and a mashup of strawberry and raspberry. Hints of mushroom broth, stewed rhubarb, amaro herbs, tobacco pouch, leaf litter, game meats, hoisin and earth. Compact and fine granitic tannins and a brisk minerally cadence with gamey dark and red fruit and plentiful spice on the finish.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

DALRYMPLE VINEYARDS
SINGLE SITE SWANSEA PINOT NOIR 2021

“A single-site pinot noir from Swansea on Tasmania's East Coast from winemaker Peter Caldwell. Perhaps not as nervy as his Pipers River wines, but the Swansea vineyard delivers a sense of clarity and detail in its form with pristine red cherry and redcurrant fruits, hints of fine spice, Chinese roast duck, shiitake broth, a light wash of amaro herbs and purple floral notes. Very pretty on the nose, perhaps blossom mixed with some iodine-like coastal influence, finishing complex, gamey and long.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

DALRYMPLE VINEYARDS
SINGLE SITE PIPERS RIVER CHARDONNAY 2021

“Single-site chardonnay from Pipers River. Great velocity and detail with this release: pure stone and citrus fruits are taut and focused on a canvas of crystalline acidity and stone. Underlying tones of soft spice, oatmeal, white flowers, lemon sherbet and nougat with a sizzling mineral focus and great precision on the sustained finish.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

DALRYMPLE VINEYARDS
ESTATE CAVE BLOCK CHARDONNAY 2020

“The cool climes of Pipers River provide a vivid scaffolding of acidity here, the ripe stone and citrus fruit characters stretched taut like a canvas across its frame. Hints of clotted cream, lemon curd, vanillin oak, dried honey, fig and white flowers in the mix, too. It's an expansive wine yet acidity hauls those rich tones back into line, notes of oatmeal and toast appearing as the wine fades off with a persistent finish.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024

RUNNING WITH BULLS
ALBARINO 2022

“Eden Valley albariño from Sam Wigan's Spanish-inspired Running with Bulls range. Pale straw in the glass with characters of crisp green apple, nashi pear and Meyer lemon along with hints of white flowers, crushed quartz, freshly cut fennel, marzipan and oyster shell. Crisp, dry and refreshing, this is just delicious drinking all around and would be a perfect picnic wine.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

MESH
EDEN VALLEY CLASSIC RELEASE RIESLING 2017

"It seems to happen less often these days, but I salute the producers that hold back wines for these 'classic releases', thereby giving wine lovers a chance to enjoy well-cellared wines coming into their drinking sweet spot. We wine hacks constantly harp on about riesling being undervalued, but when you try a wine like this you'll get it. Lime, green apple and grapefruit with underlying soft spice, wildflowers, stone and dried hay. Calm yet still with mineral focus, clarity and velocity, stunning length of flavour and toasty, limey complexity. Very nice indeed."

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

MESH
EDEN VALLEY RIESLING 2022

"The product of a meeting of two riesling minds, Robert Hill-Smith of Yalumba and Clare Valley legend Jeffrey Grosset. Pale straw with aromas of freshly squeezed lime, juicy white peach and green apple with hints of Christmas lily, orange blossom, wet river stones and grapefruit pith. Tight focussed and pithy in texture with a wonderful line of vivid porcelain acidity and some serious velocity of the focused exit."

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

SMITH & HOOPER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON MERLOT 2021

“69/31% cabernet/merlot. Both the flavours and the fragrances rush up to greet you. Blackcurrant, eucalyptus, smoked tobacco, blueberry and black licorice, with cedar oak in support. There's a clear sweetness to the profile here, and softness, but then there are savoury/herbal notes as a counterpoint. It drinks easily and well.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

SMITH & HOOPER
PINOT GRIGIO 2022

“The flavour profile is all pear, preserved lemon, grapefruit and apple blossom, attractive in itself, but it's the intensity that makes you take notice. This is fruity, floral and satisfying to drink.”

Dave Brookes,
Halliday Wine Companion 2024.

1 Feb 2023