Wendouree
Clare, Clare Valley, Australia
Dry-grown Clare Valley reds, sold direct to a mailing list.
Register once and Lamont’s will contact you when the next allocation is confirmed. No deposit and no obligation to purchase.
Classification
Old-vine dry-grown reds, Clare Valley
Farming
Dry-grown, no irrigation
Established
1895
Status
Interest open
Bottles available now
Farming
Dry-grown, no irrigation
In the vineyard
Principal variety
Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Mataro
Planted at the estate
Why we follow Wendouree
The estate
The vineyard was planted in 1892 by Alfred Percy Birks and his brother, and Roly Birks made the wine there for most of the twentieth century. In 1974 Max Liberman bought the property and asked his daughter Lita and her husband Tony Brady to take it on; they have run it since, with Stephen George as long-standing consultant. Wendouree makes a small volume of unirrigated old-vine Clare Valley reds — Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Mataro, straight and in blends — from vines dating back to the 1890s, and sells almost entirely direct.
In the vineyard
Dry-grown, no irrigation
With Lamont’s
Offered through the Private Cellar Selection. Register your interest and we will contact you when the next allocation is confirmed.
Release and availability
Current availability
Open now
Bottles from the current release are listed below.
Shop available winesNext expected release
To be confirmed
Timing is indicative and can move with the producer or the vintage.
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2011 Wendouree Cabernet Malbec
$188.00
Available
2010 Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon
$195.00
Available
Release timing is indicative. Importer schedules and vintage conditions can move the expected month.
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Availability depends on what arrives and how many customers are waiting. In some years there is very little to go round.
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