Our Wines...

Botrytis Riesling

The name "The Aristocrat" is a play with words referring to the botrytis mould in the vineyard. There are two types of mould one is good the other bad, the good mould is grey in colour and often referred to as the Noble Rot. For this reason we chose to identify the wine with nobility or more specifically the Aristocracy.

In the Clare Valley it is a rare opportunity to achieve the ideal conditions to create a botrytised wine; in 2006 such an opportunity arose. We produced 500 bottles of this wine which is exclusively available at the wineries cellar door.

The wine is low in alcohol; it is sweet but not confectionary sweet and with a little bit of funk. Made to a very simple style which would go great as an after dinner drink with cheese and dried fruits.