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Some of Loïque's limited edition prints are also available. "My art practice is an exploration of linocuts and the environment that surrounds me. I have developed a way of weaving myself into the landscape through the processes of carving lino and walking regularly in the landscape. The movement of walking and passing through these spaces has influenced the way I carve the lino".
2023 Goonawarra Vineyard Cabernet Franc/Cabernet Sauvignon
A$40.00A blend of 75% Cabernet Franc 25% Cabernet sauvignon. The grapes for this wine were picked in early April. Back at the winery we de-stemmed all the grapes and transferred to a vat to wait for fermentation to commence. During the fermentation we do daily pumpovers to macerate along with rack and return's to encourage oxygen exposure. The grapes remained on skins post ferment for 2 weeks resulting in a 5 week macceration. The grapes were basket pressed and transferred to oak for the elevage. There was no new oak used, a mix of between 2 and 5 year old barrels. The wine stays in barrel for 12 months being topped regularly before being racked to tank with a sulphur dioxide addition. Here it stays for 4 months to settle and clarify in the cold winter months. Prior to bottling there is another sulphur dioxide addition. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
This Cabernet blend represents a more refreshing take on the style. Aromas of red berries, liquorice, earthy elements, along with fresh tobacco. The palate is driven by acidity but balanced with tannin. The fruit flavours are again in the red spectrum and there is a grounding earthiness to the wine that is satisfying.QuantityComing soon2023 Doug's Vineyard Pinot Noir
A$60.00 - A$135.00The 2023 Pinot Noir smells of rose petals, raspberries, currants, forest floor and brown spices. The palate is bright and charming, with freshness, depth and fruit flavours which are balanced with fine tannins. There are cherries and oak elements in the mouth along with a bursting red fruit energy. One of the hallmarks of this wine is the length of flavour. This is an incredibly refreshing yet complex wine that will cellar gracefully.SelectQuantityComing soon2022 MOONAMBEL BLANC
A$35.00This wine offers aromas of floral and citrus fruits notes with nougat, lemongrass and ginger in the mix. The palate is driven with high acid along with a waxy mouth coating texture that is very refreshing but with great length of flavour.QuantityComing soon2023 Shay's Flat Grenache
A$45.00Shay’s Flat vineyard sits in the Landsborough Valley in the western part of the Pyrenees wine region. The vineyard is on an eastern facing ridge and lies in an amphitheatre (350m elevation) with a magnificent vista down the valley. The sub region of the Landsborough Valley is a quintessential Australian setting. With lots of bush/scrub mixed in with the wheat fields, sheep and vineyards. The soil is a mix of red clay with siltstone, quartz and schist mixed throughout.
Certified organic and managed by Corey Hope, Shay’s Flat is one of those vineyards that has a special positive vitality which we feel very fortunate to be working with. Our approach with this wine was essentially adapting our Pinot Noir method to a wine from a warmer climate. Extracting more tannin and allowing the wine to express its unique terroir.
Hand-picked on the 4th of April, then transported back to the winery. We retained 20% of the whole grape bunches for the fermentation with the remainder of the grapes being de-stemmed. Fermentation took 3-5 days before it ‘kicked off’ with naturally occurring yeast and the grapes remained on skins for 3 weeks. For extraction we employ and equal mix of pump overs and plQuantityComing soon2023 Franklinford Vineyard Dolcetto
A$40.00Handpicked on the 9th of April, once back at the winery we de-stemmed all of the grapes. Remaining on skins for 7 weeks in total we do pump overs daily whilst the fermentation is active, the grapes were then basket pressed and the wine was transferred to barrel (seasoned French barriques) for maturation. The wine stays in barrel for 12 months being topped regularly before being racked to tank with a sulphur dioxide addition. Here it stays for 4 months to settle and clarify in the cold winter months. Prior to bottling there is another sulphur dioxide addition. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
The Franklinford Dolcetto is as always very dark in colour; it offers aromas of aniseed, pepper, orange peel, freshly turned earth and cooked blackberries. It is a powerful wine that is also in some sense elegant for its size. Cooked blackberries are at the forefront but there is ample tannin and acidity. This year it feels lighter in some senses although still fully ripe and warming. There is a refreshing simplicity to the wine yet it is also complex.QuantityComing soon2023 Goonawarra Vineyard Chardonnay
A$65.00 - A$140.00We have eagerly anticipated this release. This wine offers aromas of lemons, yellow grapefruit pith, toasted almonds and flynt. The palate is refined and at this stage still quite reserved. The length of the flavour is excellent and well balanced with the acid backbone. It is an elegant Chardonnay that is tightly packed with citrus flavours at the forefront but lots of complexity which is enhanced by the minerality and texture.SelectQuantityComing soon2023 Franklinford Vineyard Pinot Gris
A$40.00Hand-picked on March 18th and transported back to the winery where the fruit was destemmed and soaked on skins for 12 hours. Pressed to tank the following day. 80% of the juice was fermented and aged in seasoned French Barriques and the other 20% was fermented and aged in tank. Remaining in these vessels, maturing ‘on lees’ for 9 months. Following this it was racked to tank with a sulphur dioxide addition for 4 months to settle and clarify in the cold winter months. Prior to bottling there is another sulphur dioxide addition. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
The Pinot Gris gives aromas of stone fruits, wet rock and lifted floral notes. It is a powerful rendition of this variety which is still refreshing but has a textural phenolic element that comes from the grape skin maceration. It is dry and acid driven with a fruit core of nectarines, apples and freshly baked pastries.QuantityComing soon2023 COUP DE FOUDRE BABYLON
A$32.00COUP DE FOUDRE - BABYLON - is named after the famous city in Mesopotamia, meaning the entrance to a special place (God’s gate).
Approximate blend of:
Grenache 85% - Pyrenees
Dolcetto 15% - Macedon Ranges
This wine sits in a refreshing zone, although it weighs in at 14% alcohol. Fruit driven but with lovely savoury tannins to match. It delivers satisfaction with enjoyable texture and flavour.
Not labelled as 2023 as it is only 80% 2023. There is 10% from 2021 and 10% from 2022.
The Babylon was basket pressed and matured in seasoned french barriques on lees. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small amount of Sulphur Dioxide before bottling.QuantityComing soonMACEDON RANGES PINOT NOIR
A$45.00Macedon Ranges 2023 Pinot Noir, regional blend. Offering a snap shot of the vintage, which was cool and slow ripening that presented challenges at times but is very rewarding to have in bottle.
Very aromatic, offering raspberries, currants and cherries with forest floor in the mix. This wine has gentle tannins, supported by lively acidity and a lovely fruit core which provides a delicious and fresh Pinot Noir.
We kept approximately 40% whole bunch this year. The grapes were pumped over once per day and basket pressed after 3 weeks maceration. Aged in seasoned French oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.QuantityComing soonBush life
A$300.00handprinted linocut on Kozo paper, 50 x 94cm, 2020, varied edition of 100, $300QuantityComing soonMy Black Artichoke Heart
A$900.00handprinted linocut on Kozo paper, 94 x 50cm, 2020, edition of 10, $900
Inspired by G.W Bot and all the wild Artichoke fieldsQuantityComing soonMy Blue Artichoke Heart
A$900.00handprinted linocut on Kozo paper, 94 x 50cm, 2020, edition of 10, $900
Inspired by G.W Bot and all the beautiful wild artichoke feildsQuantityComing soonWaterlilies at Jubilee Lake 2
A$900.00handprinted linocut on Kozo paper, 95 x 39cm, edition of 10, 2019
$900 unframed
The Waterlilies at Jubilee Lake series is homage to the late Mavis Ngallametta. Mavis has been a great inspiration in my life and art practice.QuantityComing soonWaterlilies at Jubilee Lake
A$2 800.00Linocut on Somerset paper, 115 x 140cm, 2019, edition of 3,
The Waterlilies at Jubilee Lake series is homage to the late Mavis Ngallametta. Mavis has been a great inspiration in my life and art practice.QuantityComing soonCalanque de Morgiou
A$3 000.00linocut on Somerset paper, 165 x 102cm, 2015, edition of 3,
$2500 unframedQuantityComing soonJoin our Mailing List by filling out the form below
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Winners of the Young Gun of Wine Award and Best New Act in 2020
Chris Dilworth and Loique Allain created a small negociant style business in tine for their first harvest in 2017. Dilworth and Allain make their wines at Guildford Vineyard and Cellar. They are currently working with vineyards in the Macedon Ranges and the Pyrenees, producing approximately 1200 dozen per year. Chris and Loique moved to the region with their young family as they have always felt a strong connection to these regions, through the landscape and wine.2021 marked the last harvest that we were working at Eastern Peake with Owen Latta. Having worked for Owen and family for 5 years as their winemaker it was a wonderful vintage too finish on. After the harvest we moved to a new winemaking space at Mandy Jean’s Guildford Vineyard and Cellar (GVC). Here we are making Mandy’s wines for her and we are free to make our wines there too. It is a motivating experience having the time and space to be able to focus on our label and work on the small production of GVC. Mandy’s 7 acre vineyard sits in the North Western corner of the Macedon Ranges and has a unique slate soil profile and is farmed biodynamically.
Chris was born into the world of hospitality, growing up in his parent’s restaurant in Sydney. At the age of 8 his family moved from the city to a farm in Belford, which is located in the Hunter Valley where his parent’s grew citrus and stone fruit along with a 1 acre plot of Shiraz and Muscat. His first job out of high school was picking grapes followed by a job working front of house at 'Robert’s restaurant' in Pokolbin. This along with stints at restaurants in Sydney, London and Melbourne provoked him to seek out and learn more about the production side of things.
Chris had his first vintage experience in 2007 and the following year he started a Viticulture and Winemaking degree at the University of Adelaide which he finished in 2011. Throughout his studies Chris worked for Dean Hewitson in the Barossa Valley. Following this he has worked for Castello dei Rampolla in Tuscany, Dominique Lafon in both the Macon and Meursault and Morilla Estate in Tasmania, along with vintage experiences in the Mornigton Peninsula, McLaren Vale, Hunter Valley and Adelaide Hills.
Loique grew up in the Adelaide Hills before her family moved to Victor Harbor as a young teen. Loique is an artist, primarily focusing on printmaking she completed her Honors in Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania in 2015. Prior to this she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Adelaide. Her parents are also artist’s and have a strong commitment and focus on working with Australian Indigenous artist’s, which has been influential to Loique’s lived and working experiences.
Wine has always been appealing to Loique, but living in Italy and France and continuing her own artistic journey was when she developed a strong passion for wine. The experiences of being invited into different Domaines and being welcomed as close friends and shown how people live their lives through wine was moving for her. In Burgundy Loique worked with Paul Pillot for the growing season in the vineyard and continued into the winery for the harvest, at the same time she also worked at Domaine Bernard van Berg in Meursault. She has also worked in the Mclaren Vale for a vintage.
We are inspired by the living culture of wine and the art of fermentation and its rich history throughout different cultures. Our lived travelling experiences both in Australia and Europe has been formative to the way we live our lives and make our wines.
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