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Halliday Scores Oakdene's 2014 Single Vineyard William Shiraz 95 points!
James Halliday’s Wine Companion has reviewed the current release of our Single Vineyard William Shiraz 2014. See below some great words form Campbell Mattinson giving it a fantastic 96 points. For the record, this is the fifth vintage in a row the wine has received 95 points or higher from James Halliday's Wine Companion. ($43.00 a bottle)
“In beautiful form. Meat and spice notes galore but with plush, ripe, generous fruit as a flood of seductive power. Tannin is smoky, filigreed, and deceptively firm. The longer you spend with this wine the more it impresses. It's stellar.”
Drink By 2030
Campbell Mattinson
James Halliday Wine Companion 2016
18/05/2016 at 5:13 PM
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Wine Club Members - Up to 20% Off
Oakdene's End of Summer Blues.
A Six Pack Special Offer
For Wine Club Members Only
Can you believe it? Summer is over, it's an end to the heat, the sun and alot of fun. At Oakdene we have come up with a six pack offer, End of Summer Blues, that may very well help you to get over it.
Have you tried any of our blue labels yet? We would love you to try three of them; the 2014 Oakdene Chardonnay, the 2014 Oakdene Pinot Noir and the 2014 Oakdene Shiraz. There will be two bottles of each in the pack. The blue labels are made ready to drink and would be perfect for a dinner party or just to have on the rack ready to share with friends or enhance warm autumn flavours and tasty cheese boards.
The six bottles of wine would normally cost $144.00 but as a Wine Club Member you already enjoy 10% off all of your orders, that would bring the price down to $129.60. We would like to offer all our loyal Wine Club Members an extra 10% off, bringing this pack down to $116.64.That's almost a 20% saving. JOIN NOW
All of these blue label wines have been reviewed and awarded great scores by judges that you know and trust.
Mike Bennie has reviewed the 2014 Oakdene Shiraz in the last issue of WBM and scored it a fantastic 92 points. "Flighty, frisky feeling Shiraz shows some herbal influence, dusty tannin, slippery texture. It’s set to medium bodied, looks great as a young wine (decant!) but feels like there’s plenty in reserve for mid-term cellaring. Elegant is a good word here."
Gary Walsh has scored the 2014 Oakdene Chardonnay 89 points for Winefront. So...what are you wating for? A Chardonnay with no name from Oakdene. That’s a change! Peach and green banana, subtle oak. Sunshiny fruit, but with a good cut of acidity and some greener flavours coming through on the finish. Pretty good.
The 2014 Oakdene Pinot Noir has also been given a great review but you are going to have to wait until the end of the month for this one. Stay tuned!
The End of Summer Blues offer is only for the first 100 wine club members or until the end of March. Take advantage and order this 6 pack today! Buy Now.
10/03/2016 at 12:00 PM
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The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - City Cellar 4-6 March 2016
60 of the state’s best wineries come together to celebrate all that is fine about Victorian wine. Sip, sample and savour the state’s best drops on the lush green lawns overlooking the Yarra. With live music and tasting plates of outstanding regional produce, meet us at the City Cellar for a weekend of fun for the wine curious. The city Cellar will be held from the 4-6 March at the MCEC Lawn, 1Convention Centre Place, South Wharf. Oakdene will be there on the 4th so come and say hi and taste some our wines. It is a ticketed event so to get one just visit, www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au.
18/02/2016 at 11:49 AM
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Tastes of the Trail
Barwon Heads Winestore is presenting Tastes of the Trail. A delicious event that celebrates the bountiful produce that can be found on The Bellarine Taste Trail. The lunch will consist of three courses with matched beer, wine and cider from the Bellarine. All dishes will be prepared by Annie's Kitchen.
When: Saturday 5th March 2016 from 12.30pm
Where: Barwon Heads Community Hall, 79 Hitchcock Avenue, Barwon Heads
Price: $98.00pp including all 3 courses and matched wine, beer and cider
How: Tickets can be purchased via the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival website, www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au
Oakdene will be showcasing the 2013 Bernard's Cabernet, it will be a great day out so come along and enjoy the day and the region.
11/02/2016 at 2:00 PM
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Geelong Wines
In the Feb/March edition of Haliday Magazine, Casey Warrener has written a lovely article about Geelong wine and its surrounding wine regions. She had a little bit to say about Oakdene throughout the acticle but this is a little snipet she wrote about us called 'Broad Appeal.'
Featuring accomodation, a fine dining restaurant, an unfussy cafe and a quirky orchard, there is something for everyone at Oakdene. Oakdene's wine is crushed and produced at what wine director Steven Paul affectionately calls 'Scotcho's.' Steve manned the cellar door at Scotchmans Hill for a number of years. "Scotcho's have always made crazy wines. They're looked apon as quite mainstream because they are the largest producer in the region, but as long as I've known them they have played around with new styles."
Experimental winemaking has worked in Oakdene's favour. Their Jessica's Sauvignon, modelled on an age-worthy style produced under Scotchman's Cornelius label, is a best seller at the cellar door and has been well received by industry. "We started selling our barrel-fermented style into Melbourne and sommeliers said it is a Sauvignon Blanc they actually wanted to drink," says Steve.
Like Robin, Steve is of the opinion that shiraz is on the march in Geelong. "Bellarine shiraz is spice and pepper, sinilar to a Rhone style. It's differnet from your traditional Australian styles. Our shiraz is a clone from the Best's vineyard's 1860s plantings, which gives it a generosity of red fruit," says Steve. "The 14 William Shiraz has been in 4 shows and already taken out 3 gold medals."
Since this has been written the 2014 William Shiraz now has 4 gold medals from Ballarat, National, Royal Melbourne and Victorian wine shows. For more information about our wines just visit oakdene.com.au.
10/02/2016 at 4:00 PM
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Extravaganza Geelong - October 17th 2015
Extravaganza brings winemaker's, producers, brewers, chefs and food educators together to share and celebrate the region's provenance, all under the one roof. Come and meet some of the Oakdene team and taste some of our wines plus new releases. You will find us at Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront,1 Gheringhap St. Geelong from 10am - 6pm on the 17th of October. Come and spoil your taste buds.
For more information click here!
24/09/2015 at 3:34 PM
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Toast to the Coast - 31st Oct & 1st Nov
Come and join Oakdene and 25 other wineries over the Melbourne Cup Long weekend for the celebrated Toast to the Coast. This will be the 14th year of the festival which showcases the Geelong regions wines and produce on a grand scale. Get amonst the fun and check out all the details.
We will be offering tastings of our award winning wines and new releases at the ‘Upside-down House’ Cellar Door. After your tasting, step outside into the heart of Oakdene. Take a seat, enjoy a glass of wine and soak up the atmosphere amid live music and delicious food.
We have a selection of dining options at Oakdene.
Oakdene Belgian Waffle stall - both sweet and savoury
Enjoy Pizza’s & Burgers dining amongst the Birch trees at the new Mr Grubb Café or in the Oakdene Vineyards Restaurant garden
Sit down to fine dining in the award winning Oakdene Vineyards Restaurant
We will also be taking care of the entertainment.
Live music with Jon Willard Saturday and Sunday from 12pm - 4pm.
Vineyard tours aboard the Oakdene Train - Tour the property, take in the stunning gardens, the llamas and alpacas plus other exciting sites.
The Royal Flying Doctors are our special guests for Toast to the Coast, displaying their interactive Aeromedical Simulator for the weekend. It is a life sized and fully equipped replica of a flying doctor’s plane for the public to explore.
Visit Oakdene for a unique and eclectic experience. With something quirky and fun around every corner and behind every tree, there are many new things to discover.
24/09/2015 at 2:07 PM
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Red Hot and Rated
The wines have been tasted and the results are in for the 2016 Halliday Wine Companion. Now within the pages of, Red Hot and Rated (Halliday Magazine Oct/Nov addition), you will find some of Australia's finest red wines, as rated by James Halliday and Campbell Mattinson.
Each of the reds in the magazine have received a whopping 96 points or more. That's gold medal standard and gold class drinking. 2013 Oakdene William Shiraz received 97 points!
Our Single Vineyard Shiraz exhibits typical cool climate regional characters of savoury dark fruits, spice and white pepper notes. The addition of whole bunches during fermentation enhances the wine's perfume and palate structure.
This is what James Halliday had to say, 'Wild yeast, small addition of whole bunches, matured 16 months in new and used French barriques. Deep, but vivid purple-crimson, this is as powerful as cool-grown shiraz can possibly be, full bodied and taking no prisoners, albeit nodding to the Rhone's Hill of Hermitage, its genetic ancestor. Inky black fruits, excellent acidity and tannins all under the same star sign; will outlive many of us. 13.9% alc.' To get your hands on some William click here!
09/09/2015 at 5:32 PM
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Halliday Wine Companion 2016 - Oakdene rates well!
The latest edition of the Halliday Wine Companion has been released for next year. Oakdene have had their most successful year ever! Not only has Oakdene Vineyards been awarded the 5 red star rating for the fifth year in a row, we have had nine of our wines rate above 91 points. Our highest ranking wine is the 2013 William Single Vineyard Shiraz. It scored a whopping 97 points and voted one of the best within its variety.
Our other high scoring wines are:
Liz's Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2013 - 95 Points
Ly Ly Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2013 - 95 Points
Peta's Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013 - 95 Points
Bernard's Single Vineyard Cabernet 2013 - 95 Points
Jessica Single Vineyard Sauvignon 2014 - 94 Points
Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014 - 94 Points
Ly Ly Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2014 - 93 Points
Single Vineyard Pinot Grigio 2014 - 91 Points
Well done team!
20/08/2015 at 8:25 AM
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James Halliday awards 2014 Oakdene Jessica Sauvignon 94 Points
The 2014 Oakdene Jessica Single Vineyard Bellarine Peninsula Sauvignon has been awarded an amazing 94 points by James Halliday. This is what he had to say about it:
'100% barrel-fermented in French barriques (15% new), matured for 8 months. The approach has worked very well, the gooseberry, guava and citrus fruit neatly framed by the oak; the overall balance and length are admirable.'
12.7% alc
16/07/2015 at 2:08 PM
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