Juicy like ribena but without all the sugar, and with a lot more going on, like a little oak derived tannin that adds some drive and means it can hang with a roast girello, or your daily slices of asiago cheese – yes, that reads daily. Maybe we'll call it the ribenix cube.

Allevare Sangiovese 2023

The gateway Jasper Hill. Beware, the path to the bigger-sibling ‘Paddocks’ is paved with $100+ wines. These grapes are mostly from Colbinabbin, but blended with another Heathcote site. It’s delicate and full of smooth tannins and vibrant red plums, so everyone at the dinner table will feel the charm. Crimson! It pours crimson!

Jasper Hill Occams Razor Shiraz 2023

All melody, no naïvety. This is the latest in our series on place and focuses on a darling region, Heathcote. This has everything we love because home is where we want to be, so there’s mulberry, peonies, compote spice and liqueured forest berries delivered glass after glass. There’s no need to speak in tongues, this is approachable and for everyone at the table.

This Must Be The Place Heathcote Shiraz 2023

Aromatics are pure, with heaps of tobacco leaf and some ripe cherry, black currant and just a nib of cacao. Goes very well with a light-to-heavy pullover.

Osicka Selection Colbinabbin ( Blue Label ) Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

The Ghost guys have really hit their straps with this one, it’s all blood plum and blackberries eaten on the farm, fresh from the pickers’ hands. There’s also some elevating black pepper spice and tannins that develop on the palate.

Gravity Wine Co. Ghost Syrah 2022

The finish is also really clean thanks to a hint of salinity and some chalky mineral feels. Sounds perfect with a tablecloth or picnic blanket.

BISTRO Grenache Blanc 2022

Fluffy and softly red fruited with foamy, but still crunchy, red apples and just a little berry goodness, there’s some nice complexity here. It’s kept on lees to this day, so get ready for a lick of herby perfection. Shines at a house party and is radiant in the park.

Chalmers Col Fondo Sparkling Rosato 2021

Heathcote Grenache from Willoughby Bridge that was pressed immediately to produce a translucent, transfixing, white wine. Tastes ripe and full of pear but is savoury and will go well with your favourite picnic foods and a little sunscreen well into Autumn.

Jean Paul Trijsburg Grenache Blanc de Noir 2022

Bindi's Pyrette Shiraz is a satellite venture in the winery's lineup, made using fruit coming from a vineyard near Colbinabbin on the Mt Camel Range in Heathcote. It's a pure, expressive Heathcote Shiraz, unadorned by excessive oak and picked earlier for freshness.

Bindi Pyrette Shiraz 2021

This carefully handcrafted wine boasts purity in spades and is overflowing with character and charm. Fruit for this wine came from a unique vineyard overlooking the Goulburn River, sitting on rich alluvial soils in an area that’s home to many retired volcanoes—Dane has told us more than once that the quality of fruit from this spot is incredible! The Syrah is a blend of two separate ferments, which both underwent semi-carbonic maceration with 10 days on skins. In the glass, expect bright and lifted fruit flavours, with intermingling notes of bramble berries, boysenberry, and raspberry coulis. There’s a fresh acidity and energy to the wine that make it perfect for summertime drinking. It’s fantastic as is, but if we were you, we’d chuck this one on ice before drinking.

Un-Grafted #26 Momento Mori Carbo Syrah 2022

This could be the perfect match for your Middle Eastern feast of falafels, hummus, baba ghanoush and chickpeas. With its early-picked fruit and skin contact, there's a fresh acidity and a savoury lemon-laced chalky pith and grip, plus a lick of cinnamon quill and sandalwood spices.

Momento Mori Fistful of Flowers 2023

Well here that is, flowing with nothing more than delicate spices and savouriness that are outshined but that little ball of tannin and white pepper that we love in this Grenache. Grown on bush vines, and raised in seasoned oak for 8 months, great winemaking and farming allows this wine to just feel… right.