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2007 Semillon The wine was crushed & immediately pressed off skins before fermenting in stainless steel with specially selected yeast. Dominated on the palate by citrus flavours the palate is both long and persistent. A great wine in its youth with oysters and shellfish, it will develop toast/honey complexity with medium term cellaring. A classic Hunter Semillon from a single old vineyard, a truly unique world wine style. $17 per bottle / $175
per dozen 2005 Epitome* This is a unique blend of 4 varieties, all grown in the Hunter Valley. It is a wine of great interest and complexity, the epitome of the art of blending. Chardonnay, which is the predominant variety gives the wine body, Semillon adds crisp / herbaceous characters, Verdelho gives a generous nose and fruit flavours and Sauvignon Blanc freshens the blend. The resulting wine shows peach and tropical fruit characters underscored by delicate French oak. The palate is rich and full with a crisp, dry finish. Best enjoyed young with dishes such as chicken ravioli. THIS MONTHS SPECIAL $12.00 per bottle / $100 per dozen 2007 Verdelho Over the last nine vintages Allandale has established a fine track record with Verdelho, consistently winning Gold medals and Trophies. The 2007 Verdelho follows stylistically from the previous vintages. The fruit comes from two different vineyards, an old vineyard in the Upper Hunter and a young vineyard next door to Allandale. The 2007 vintage was characterized by low yields but very high quality fruit. Tropical flavours dominate both the nose and palate of this Verdelho. The rich, ripe style will complement a wide variety of food and is particularly well matched with seafood and Asian style dishes. $17 per bottle / $175 per dozen 2003 Semillon TOP 40WINES - NSW WINE AWARDS 2007 GOLD MEDAL WINNER - COWRA WINE SHOW 2004 SILVER MEDAL WINNER - MELBOURNE 2005 SILVER MEDAL WINNER - HUNTER VALLEY 2004 This classic Hunter style Semillon was made from grapes hand-picked from our Creek Flat Vineyard on Lovedale Rd and the Trevena Vineyard on Hermitage Rd. Carefully aged for 5 years this wine has retained limey/citrus flavours from its youth, which dominates the palate. Toast/honey characters are starting to show on the nose and the palate has become richer with age. This wine is ideally suited to seafood and white meats. Will keep aging beautifully for the next 5 years. $25 per bottle / $255 per dozen 2007 Chardonnay 3 STAR RATING IN WINESTATE 2007 The 2007 vintage was memorable as being one with very low cropping levels of intensely flavoured fruit. While 2007 Chardonnay follows very much in the "Allandale" style it shows very rich/ ripe peach flavours balanced with new French and American oak characters. There is great length of palate from this wine and a bready complexity from aging on yeast less. The finish is crisp and fresh. A versatile wine which can be matched with a wide variety of food from seafood to veal. The 2007 Chardonnay will improve with short to medium term cellaring. $18 per bottle / $185 per dozen
2005 "Anna" Semillon / Sauvignon Blanc* This sweet wine was made from equal quantities of Hunter Valley Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc fruit using freeze concentration technology. The rich marmalade flavours are balanced with a crisp acidity. It is a luscious, intense wine, ideally suited to being paired with rich desserts or cheese. $25 per bottle / $255 per dozen
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Lombardo* Predominantly made from Pinot Noir grapes, Lombardo is a light soft red. The black grapes used in Lombardo are given minimal skin contact & cold fermented to retain varietal character. The nose displays lifted strawberry characters typical of Pinot Noir while some residual sweetness makes for an easy drinking style. In summer it is ideally served chilled. Lombardo is meant to be consumed without extended cellaring. Dangerously drinkable! $17 per bottle / $175 per dozen 2006 Orange Pinot Noir The fruit for this wine was sourced from a cool climate vineyard at Orange consisting of mixed burgundy clones. Fermented in open fermenters then placed in French hogsheads. Soft strawberry/raspberry flavours complemented with new oak this wine has a complex smokey spice finish. Perfect with quail, guinea fowl or duck. Suggested cellaring for up to 5 years. $25 per bottle / $255 per dozen
The fruit for this Chambourcin was sourced from a single vineyard at the foot of the Bago Mountains in the Hasting Valley . A near perfect growing season has resulted in an excellent example of varietal Chambourcin. The wine is inky crimson in colour with a full yet soft pallet. The typical Chambourcin characters of raspberry and spice are evident with overtones of gamey flavours developing. Chambourcin can be enjoyed as a young wine with Italian and Middle Eastern lamb dishes or cellared over the next 6-7 years and matched with beef. $19 per bottle / $195 per dozen 2002 Mudgee Shiraz This fruit from Mudgee in 2002 was ripe with excellent balance of flavour. The berries were plunged in small open fermenters for 6 days before pressing, then aged in American Hogsheads for 12 months. The resulting wine is deep crimson in colour, with berry, hints of coffee and licorice characters on the nose. The palate is complex with firm tannins and sweet oak flavours. A wine to be enjoyed in the medium term with roast meats. $15per bottle / $155 per dozen 2006 Mudgee Sangiovese 3 STAR RATING IN WINESTATE 2007 Our first Sangiovese made from grapes grown in the Mudgee region. The nose is vibrant and full of berries and violets. The palate is rich and complex, dominated by strawberry and raspberry fruit flavours with some fine lingering tannin so typical of this variety. A rich, ripe style of red which would be perfectly matched with Northern Italian food. Best enjoyed after short to medium cellaring $19 per bottle / $195 per dozen 2006 Matthew Shiraz Viognier 3.5 STAR RATING IN WINESTATE 2007 The fruit for this wine was sourced from a well known established unirrigated vineyard in the centre of Pokolbin. Rich berry/plum flavours balanced with new coconut/vanillin American oak with a long palate. Suggested cellaring for 5 – 7 years, best to be consumed with lamb or veal $19 per bottle / $195 per dozen 2002 Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon Hilltops is the region surrounding the township of Young in NSW. The warm days and cold nights experience in Hilltops favours the production of premium Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. To extract maximum flavour and tannin, the grapes were fermented in our open fermenter and hand plunged for nine days prior to pressing. After 12 months in French and American oak barrels the wine is deep cherry in colour, with berry and coffee characters on the nose. The palate is full with a fine tannin structure, typical of this area. This wine will reward careful medium term cellaring and is best enjoyed with rich red meats. $19 per bottle / $195 per dozen 2001 Reserve Red
Each year we select the best wine for the ‘Reserve Red’. For the 2001 Reserve Red we have Barrel selected Mudgee Shiraz. Two small open fermenters were used to allow hand plunging of the fruit. The wine was matured for 1 year in new oak barrels. The finest 19 Barrels were then reserved for extended Barrel maturation and later blending. The resulting wine is deep crimson with toasted coffee and berry characters on the nose the palate is big and rich with sweet American oak supporting firm tannins. This wine has been crafted to reward extended cellaring and should be decanted prior to serving as a harmless crust will form in the bottle with time. $50 per bottle / $505 per dozen
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