Dominique Portet was instrumental in highlighting Australia's potential for sparkling at Clover Hill, Tasmania. That dedication continues with this highly acclaimed sparkling. It's light, fresh, and, as James Halliday notes, "A totally delicious and elegantly poised wine…"
Long regarded as Australia's first true Provence style - and arguably most successful - dry Rosé. Red berries are joined with bright citrus on the palate from the Merlot and Shiraz, with Cabernet delivering the intensity and drive on the finish.
Long regarded as Australia’s first true Provence style - and arguably most successful - dry Rosé. This has been a mainstay of Dominque Portet since the beginnning, and is now stronger than ever thanks to Rosé’s global success. Pale pink with ripe fruit, creamy mouthfeel and crunchy acidity - it’s everything you’d want from a Rosé.
2024 gave us wonderful conditions for the style of rosé we enjoy – that is to say a wine that is elegant, subtly complex and effortlessly drinkable. Mild conditions during ripening allowed the grapes gradually to develop lovely flavor while retaining vital natural acidity.
One of two Chardonnays we produce, it has a hint of oak, good acidity and poise. This modern style of Chardonnay balances freshness and crispness with fruit weight and texture for immense drinkability.
The fruit from our mature estate vineyard is accentuated by wild ferments, large French oak barrels, and a good proportion of Malolactic fermentation - giving our premium Chardonnay intensity, poise and complexity.
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.
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 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.
