Textbook, classic Yarra Valley Bordeaux blend - bright, fresh, and fruit forward. Plenty of concentrated fresh berry fruits and bramble, refreshing acidity and fine tannins give the wine a silky texture and a long finish.

The Gladysdale subregion is home to some of the most iconic Pinot Noir vineyards of the Yarra Valley. 

The harsh growing conditions at the start brought yields 30% lower than last year with small berries and bunches. As the season improved, the warm, dry weather let the smaller berries ripen perfectly and pack a big punch of fragrant, bright red fruit characters.

The 2023 vintage has bright colour and lifted notes of dark plums, spice and liquorice come through strongly. This year the wine is showing more medium bodied character and finesse, announced through silky fine tannin structure and balanced acidity through to the finish.

2019 will go down as one of the great vintages for accessible, bright and fragrant Cabernet.  Everything came into balance - The fruit is dark, brooding and mouth coating; the tannins are svelte and long; the acidity is clean and refreshing. It all intertwines seamlessly, to give us a wine we consider to be bright, detailed, elegant and fine.

The pinnacle of the Dominique Portet wines, André is made only in exceptional vintages - 2015 is only the 6th release.  It is named after Dominique Portet’s father and Ben’s grandfather, 8th generation winemaker and former Technical Director (vineyard and winery manager) at the esteemed Château Lafite-Rothschild in Pauillac, Bordeaux.