Oakdene Vineyards

2013 Oakdene Pinot Grigio Vintage - Pinot Gris Pinot Grigio - White

Retail Price: $23.00

Pale straw with a pink tinge, displaying a lifted bouquet of nashi pear and apple blossom. Generous fruit weight, and mid palate richness, is supported by firm acidity, a mineral backbone and long finish.
Hand harvested early to retain acidity, producing a dry fruit-driven “Grigio” style.

Best consumed young while expressing the fresh fruit driven characters of the variety.

Alc 13.7%

2013 Oakdene Sauvignon Blanc Vintage - Sauvignon Blanc - White

Retail Price: $21.00

Pale straw, with an intense nose of tropical fruits, grass and green capsicum leads to lively palate of gooseberries, tropical melon, passion fruit and citrus characters. The palate is balanced by a steely acid backbone and a lingering finish. Hand harvested fruit and bottled early to retain fresh fruit driven characters.

A dry fruit-driven wine best consumed over the next few years.

Alc 12.1%

2012 Oakdene 'Jessica' Sauvignon Vintage - Sauvignon Blanc - White

Retail Price: $28.00

Straw in colour, with a lifted bouquet of guava, passionfruit and citrus, and mineral overtones. The palate is rounded out by barrel ferment characters leading to a creamy texture and very long and lingering after taste.

Fermented and matured for 8 months in 100% French oak barriques (15% new).

Cellar over the next 3 to 6 years.

Alc 13.0%

2012 Oakdene 'Peta's' Pinot Noir Vintage - Pinot Noir - Red

Retail Price: $35.00

Garnet in colour, with an intense bouquet of cherry, spice, mocha and smoked meats, leading to sweet cherry, briar and hints of clove. The mid palate offers earthy cherry, plum notes, and some spice and whole bunch characters, firm tannins and a long finish. 15% whole bunches, wild yeast and matured in French oak puncheons (30% new) for 11 months bottled without fining and light filtration.

Enjoy now or cellar for 5 to 9 years.

Alc 14.1%

2012 Oakdene 'William' Shiraz Vintage - Syrah-Shiraz - Red

Retail Price: $35.00

Full-red purple. Highly perfumed red and dark plum notes and spicy bouquet, lifted by the inclusion of some whole bunches in the ferment. Medium to full bodied palate, with savoury red fruit characters, spice and pepper notes. Firm but fine tannins and well integrated French oak. Balanced acidity, and a long savoury finish. 15% whole bunches, wild yeast and matured in new (30%) and seasoned French oak barriques for 16 months.

Enjoy now or cellar for 4 to 12 years.

Alc 14.1%

2012 Oakdene 'Bernard's' Cabernets Vintage - Blends - Red

Retail Price: $28.00

Inspired by the red wines of Bordeaux, this vineyard blend changes to reflect each vintage and to preserve our house-style. Merlot 43%, Cabernet Franc, 28.5% and Cabernet Sauvignon and 28.5%. Mid crimson in colour. Complex bouquet of red currants, black fruits, tobacco leaf and cedar oak. Medium bodied palate, dominated by red currants, and some leafiness. Balanced by a fine-structured tannin backbone, fine acidity, and elegant, classic, ripe red fruit aromatics. Co-fermented using wild yeast and matured in new (30%) and seasoned French oak barriques for 16 months.

Enjoy now with food or cellar for 4 to 10 years.

Alc 13.1%

2011 Oakdene Élizabeth' Chardonnay Vintage - Chardonnay - White

Retail Price: $30.00

Pale straw in colour, with notes of struck match, white peach, citrus, and toasted oak. The wine delivers excellent mid palate weight and a creamy texture with nectarine, white peach and citrus on the back palate, and a spicy oak finish balanced by firm acidity. The wine underwent primary and malolactic fermentation in 100% French oak puncheons (40% new) matured for 10 months.

Enjoy now or cellar for 4 to 6 years.

Alc 13.6%

2011 Oakdene Vintage Sparkling Shiraz Vintage - Champagne Brut - Champagne

Retail Price: $26.00

Oakdene Sparkling shiraz is a complex, dry, sparkling wine crafted from rich, spicy estate grown Shiraz made in the “traditional method”, where the secondary ferment takes place in bottle. The wine is left to ferment and age on lees for 7 months before hand riddling, disgorging, corking and finished with a measured dosage (still wine and sugar addition) to balance the wine and fill out the palate.

Enjoy chilled as an aperitif with our without food.

Alc 14.0%

2011 Oakdene Pinot Noir Vintage - Pinot Noir - Red

Retail Price: $24.00

Pale garnet in colour with bright rose petal, floral, cherry complexities on the nose leading to a soft, more feminine mid- palate and light cherry flavours predominating alongside some stemmy characters. No change in our production, or fruit source, just a light, easy drinking Pinot Noir. Drink now or over the next 3 years.
Alc 12.6%

2011 Oakdene Shiraz Vintage - Syrah-Shiraz - Red

Retail Price: $24.00

Light garnet in colour with lifted red/dark fruits and spice (clove/white pepper) on the nose leading to a soft, medium bodied mid- palate fine tannin and balanced acidity. No change in our production, or fruit source, just a light, easy drinking Shiraz. Drink now or over the next 3 years.
Alc 12.5%

2010 Oakdene Ývette' Vintage Sparkling Vintage - Champagne Brut - Champagne

Retail Price: $35.00

Pale bronze; an expressive citrus, green apple and spice bouquet, then a fine palate, with brioche/toast notes from two years on yeast lees, the finish delicate but long. Crafted from a 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Oakdene vineyard, using the traditional method and aged on lees for 2 years prior to disgorgement.

Enjoy chilled as an aperitif with or without food.

Alc 12.1%

0 Oakdene NV Sparkling Brut - Champagne Brut - Champagne

Retail Price: $21.00

Pale straw in colour, with a persistent bead. A delicate fruit driven style with a lively mousse. Lemon citrus flavours and subtle yeast characters with firm acid giving the wine overall balance, length and freshness.
Enjoy well chilled as an aperitif with or without food.
Chardonnay (50%) and Pinot Noir (50%) grown on the Bellarine Peninsula, Geelong.

Enjoy now as an aperitif with or without food.

Alc 11.9%