our wines

at a glance

Sauvignon Blanc [view wines]

Barrel fermented in French oak for around 5 months the bottled under screw caps.

Chardonnay [view wines]

Are barrel fermented and given full malolactic fermentation to achieve a rich soft style in the French tradition.

Rose [view wines]

Produced using the Saignee method where juice is bled from merlot or cabernet batches at time of crush and barrel fermented in French oak barriques for around 5 months prior to stabilization and bottling under screw cap.

Pinot Noir [view wines]

Is produced in small parcels and blended to achieve the optimum balance of fruit and oak characters.

Shiraz [view wines]

Aged in high quality tight grained medium toast French oak barriques for a minimum of two years prior to bottling.

Merlot [view wines]

Aged in a combination of French and American oak for a minimum of 12 months.

Cabernet Merlot [view wines]

Is blended from separately fermented parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot matured in small French oak barrels.

Cabernet Sauvignon [view wines]

Aged in a combination of new and old French and American oak barriques for a minimum of two years prior to bottling.

Our current production level is over 750 cases per year.

Current Releases

Shaws Road

Sauvignon Blanc 2008
Rose 2008
Chardonnay 2007

Chardonnay 2008

Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Cabernet Sauvignon Franc Merlot 2008

Merlot 2007

Shiraz 2007

Eltham Hills

Chardonnay 2004
Pinot Noir 2001
Shiraz 2004
Cabernet Merlot 2001
Cabernet Merlot 2000

The Winery

All our wines are produced at our Shaws Road and Strathewen Hills Wineries. We use hand picked fruit, small basket press and a variety of fermenters (ranging from picking bins to 4000L stainless steel tanks) to produce individual batches from these various vineyards. These are matured in selected premium oak barrels in our below ground wine cellar. The wines are tasted and ranked and the blended prior to bottling using premium corks or screw caps.

The Wine Makers

All our wines are made by George Apted (snr) and John Graves with able assistancefrom Karl Helper and George Apted (jnr). George and John have the experience of 19 commercial vintages made for Eltham Vineyards and Eltham Hills and have produced award winning Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and
Cabernets.