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Oakridge Wines | 864 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, 3770 +61 3 9738 9900 | [email protected] | www.oakridgewines.com.au James Halliday Wine Companion 2018 Oakridge Wines 2015 864 Single block release Chardonnay - funder & Diamond Vineyard, Drive Block “Made simply with whole bunch pressing to oak, 20% new, fermentation taking place under the aegis of ambient yeasts. The result is a stunning wine of verve, with stone fruit. oatmeal and truffle splayed across a tensile spine of bright acidity and smoky mineral crunch. The oak imparts some cinnamon cream. The finish is driven long by the immaculate structural supports and intensity of fruit” (September 1st release) 97 Points 2015 Local Vineyard Series Pinot Noir - Lusatia Park Vineyard “Matured for 10 months in French oak. Bright crimson, and typical of the Upper Yarra Lusatia Park Vineyard, with linear drive and power to it’s blend of red fruits and fine grained savoury/ foresty tannins. The length and depth of the palate are exceptional.” 97 Points “Wine maker David Bicknell is a fervent believer in single site wines, using differing approaches to the vinification to express the character of terroir rather than obscure it, thus the top range wines are not simply single vineyard, but single block wines.”
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Oakridge Wines | 864 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, 3770 +61 3 9738 9900 | [email protected] | www.oakridgewines.com.au
James Halliday Wine Companion 2018
Oakridge Wines
2015 864 Single block release Chardonnay
- funder & Diamond Vineyard, Drive Block“Made simply with whole bunch pressing to oak, 20% new,
fermentation taking place under the aegis of ambient yeasts.
The result is a stunning wine of verve, with stone fruit. oatmeal
and truffle splayed across a tensile spine of bright acidity and
smoky mineral crunch. The oak imparts some cinnamon cream.
The finish is driven long by the immaculate structural supports
and intensity of fruit”
(September 1st release) 97 Points
2015 Local Vineyard Series Pinot Noir- Lusatia Park Vineyard
“Matured for 10 months in French oak. Bright crimson,
and typical of the Upper Yarra Lusatia Park Vineyard,
with linear drive and power to it’s blend of red fruits and fine
grained savoury/ foresty tannins. The length and depth of the
palate are exceptional.”
97 Points
“Wine maker David Bicknell is a fervent believer in single site
wines, using differing approaches to the vinification to express
the character of terroir rather than obscure it, thus the top range
wines are not simply single vineyard, but single block wines.”
VIC 100 Wine Awards 2015
Oakridge Wines | 864 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, 3770 +61 3 9738 9900 | [email protected] | www.oakridgewines.com.au
James Halliday Wine Companion 2018
2015 Local Vineyard Series Chardonnay- WIllowlake Vineyard
“Hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed direct to French puncheons
for wild yeast fermentation and 10 months maturation. All about
it’s extreme langth and balance, less about it’s depth. Only a
low percentage of new oak was employed, leaving the back-
palate and finish to proclaim the intense ripe grapefruit and
melon flavours from centre stage.”
96 Points
2015 Local Vineyard Series Chardonnay- Lusatia Park Vineyard
“Has the Upper Yarra Valley tightness and intensity,
the bouquet with a pleasant touch of reduction,
the palate taking that intro with both hands on its ultra-long,
citrus-infused, minerally flavoura, oak a means not an end.”
96 Points
Top 10 Best Value Wineries - Oakridge Wines
“...if blind tasted against similarily priced wines from France,
elsewhere in Europe and the US, these Australian wines would
win hands down...”
VIC 100 Wine Awards 2015
Oakridge Wines | 864 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, 3770 +61 3 9738 9900 | [email protected] | www.oakridgewines.com.au
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2015 Local Vineyard Series Pinot Noir- Willowlake Vineyard
“A perfectly constructed pinot, it’s fragrant, red-fruited bouquet
foreshadowinfg a palate of immaculate balance and length.
It has a particular juicy mouthfeel born of the whole-berry
fermentation of perfectly ripened fruit, underlined by the
aftertaste”
96 Points
2015 864 Single Block Release Pinot Noir
-Willowlake Vineyard, Block A4 SOLD OUT 97 Points2014 864 Single Block Release Cabernet Sauvignon
-Oakridge Vineyard SOLD OUT 96 Points2014 Local Vineyard Series Cabernet Sauvignon
-Oakridge Vineyard SOLD OUT 95 Points2016 Local Vineyard Series Botrytis Gris 95 Points -Hazeldene Vineyard2015 Over the Shoulder Chardonnay 94 Points2016 Over the Shoulder Rose 94 Points2015 Local Vineyard Series Shiraz 94 Points -Oakridge Vineyard2016 Over the Shoulder Pinot Grigio 92 Points2015 Local Vineyard Series Sauvignon 92 Points -Willowlake Vineyard2016 Local Vineyard Series Arneis 91 Points -Murrummong Vineyard2016 Over the Shoulder Pinot Noir 91 Points2016 Local Vineyard Series Pinot Gris 90 Points -Hazeldene Vineyard
2012 Local Vineyard Series Blanc de Blanc 90 Points
VIC 100 Wine Awards 2015
Oakridge Wines | 864 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, 3770 +61 3 9738 9900 | [email protected] | www.oakridgewines.com.au
James Halliday Wine Companion 2018
98 Points
2016 Local Vineyard Series Botrytis Gris 95 Points -Hazeldene Vineyard
2015 Over the Shoulder Chardonnay 94 Points
2016 Over the Shoulder Rose 94 Points
2015 Local Vineyard Series Shiraz 94 Points
-Oakridge Vineyard
2016 Over the Shoulder Pinot Grigio 92 Points
2015 Local Vineyard Series Sauvignon 92 Points
-Willowlake Vineyard
2016 Local Vineyard Series Arneis 91 Points -Murrummong Vineyard
2016 Over the Shoulder Pinot Noir 91 Points
2016 Local Vineyard Series Pinot Gris 90 Points -Hazeldene Vineyard
