The Wines

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If you happen to be around the small town of Yea in Victoria drop in to one of the following and try some of our wine at Elmers Cafe and The Peppercorne Hotel. (the food is also great.)You can also purchase it by the bottle at the local foodwoorks Supermarket in Yea, and other shops around Melbourne, Lilydale and on the Mornington Peninsula, so keep your eyes open.

We produce small parcels of minimally irrigated fruit from our 6 acre vineyard, to bring to you some very special wines, thay have been crafted in as pure and natural away as possible. With slow ripening we are able to enhance the natural fruit flavours and the natural soft tannins, making real wine from real fruit with age old wine making practices.

A passing thought

I beleive that there is no actual practice to growing grapes, more to the fact, it is a philosophy in viticulture, passed down from generation to generation whilst all the time being developed and enhanced by the new minds of the current generation. How can anyone say that this methode or practice works in all situations? Look back and you may see the future !

We prefer to allow our wines to settle in the barrels, racking at least twice during the aging process, minimal sulphure is used throughout our wine making process. Once bottled, and prior to being released, the wine spends further time resting in the cellar.

2008 Vintage

This one will be worth the wait! Thats all for the moment.

2007 Vintage

The 2007 Shiraz will be released later in 2009. Keep an eye out here for tasting notes etc. Unfortunatly no Cabernet will be available until 2008 Vintage release sometime in 2010 due to the bush fires of 2006 that destroyed 80% of our Cabernet vines, BUT do not dispare they will be BACK!

2006 Vintage Order Form

The 2006 Shiraz has an aclcohol content of 14.2%, This is a typical Shiraz with plum blackberry and a hint of pepper. Both soft tanins and toasty oak barrel notes help bring the wine together.

2005 Vintage Reserve Stock Shiraz Only (Cabernet SOLD OUT) Order Form

STOP PRESS !!! 

At the 2007 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge

JEAN PAULS VINEYARD HAS BEEN AWARDED ONE OF ONLY FIVE GOLD MEDALS,

equal fourth of the Show, overall best 2005 Shiraz and best Shiraz under $25.00.The number of total entries for the show was a record 416 wines.

The wines curently available are the 2005 Award Winning Shiraz and (Cabernet Sauvignon sold out), they are boyh truly great hand crafted wines.

2005 Shiraz has an alcohol content of 14.5% and the Cabernet has 13.0% both spent 24 months in French and American oak barrels, only our Reserve stock remains.

They contain low amounts of 220 (Sulphur), tested on month after bottling they recorded less than 50 ppm of sulpher.

2004 Vintage SOLD OUT

 

JEAN PAUL'S WINS BRONZE at AUSTRALIAN SMALL WINE MAKERS SHOW in Queensland At the 2006 Small Wine Makers Show in Queensland, JeanPaul's Vineyard has been awarded a bronze Medal in class 62 for the 2004 Shiraz

2004 Shiraz has an alcohol content of 12.8% and have spent 18 months in new French and American oak barrels.

They contain low amounts of 220 (Sulphur), as they have had no preservative added at bottling.

Below is a recent review of our 2004 Shiraz please take the time to read it. We hope you enjoy our wines as much as we enjoyed bringing them to you.

Cheers Will de Castella

A recent review done on our 2004 Shiraz by renowned wine critic and writer Martin Field: