UK Stock available

Battely, Beechworth. Russell Bourne purchased the original Brown Brothers Everton Hills property and renamed the estate Battely after Captain Battely who had been instrumental in establishing Battely Town as the last staging post before arriving at the Goldfields. The first 4 acres were planted in 1998 to Syrah, Durif, Marsanne and Viognier with a further 4 acres of Syrah and Viognier planted in 2001. Infact three clones of Syrah have been planted including some from Best’s Great Western 1860 vines. A batch of Roussanne, Mourvedre, Grenache and Counoise from Beaucastel’s Tablas Creek vineyard have now finished their three year stint in quarantine and are currently being propagated. The wines are brilliant and they have not gone unnoticed in the US where Parker rated the inaugural release, the 2001 at 96 points. Domestic and international praise has continued with subsequent releases including 96 points from Parker for the declassified 2003 vintage labelled Sojourn.
We are honoured to be representing Battely in the UK allocations are tiny.

UK Stock & Ex Cellars available

Noel Kelly left a career in petro-chemicals to pursue a long held ambition to work with wine and in 1996 he purchased the house and it’s adjacent vines that are situated on the prime Riesling block in Watervale, the Florita vineyard. The whole Florita vineyard was first planted in the 1940s by the Leo Buring Company but as the demand for fortified wines decreased the vineyard was replanted with Rhine Riesling and more Shiraz. In the 1980s Jim Barry Wines purchased some of the land comprised of a 5-acre block and derelict house, which he later gave to his daughter and husband as a wedding present. After several years of renovations the put the property up for sale and so clos Clare was born. The Riesling is a lime flavoured youthful wine that has great aging potential, while the Shiraz is a deep dark fruited wine and made by David Powell or Torbreck.