{"title":"Halliday 2027 Wine Companion Awards Australia's Best Wines","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe eagerly anticipated Halliday 2027 Wine Companion as out and so are the winning wines. We have followed this guide for 30 years in it's various guises. We find it the most reliable guide on Australian wines and often use it to influence our purchasing. As wines become available on the UK market this collection will grow,l we tend to be a vintage behind the domestic releases! The wines we are featuring are genuinely top drawer and many have won awards and plaudits elsewhere!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mmad-vineyard-blewitt-springs-chenin-blanc-2022","title":"MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The fourth release of this old-vine chenin, and it’s another exceptional one. Half crushed and half whole-bunch pressed fruit, with fermentation in concrete and large oak, then maturation in old puncheons. An orchard stroll, crossing the seasons, with fragrant blossoms as well as crisply ripe fruit. Fresh, waxy red apples and green pear, yellow and lemon-skinned citrus, along with poached apple, cumquat, hazelnut and preserved lemon characters. A thread of mineral tension is the insistent plot line, with winemaking aptly subservient. Chenin blanc has never lacked for potential in the Vale, but the standout examples have hardly been legion. Here’s one.\" 96+ Marcus Ellis Halliday Wine Companion 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vineyard was first planted in 1939, the Chenin Blanc vines go back to 1964. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was hand-picked. Half of the fruit was crushed and fermented in concrete while the remaining 50% was whole bunch pressed and fermented in large old oak barrels. Full malolactic fermentation took place and the wine spent 12 months maturing in old oak before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbsolutely delicious wine! Complex, fresh, nutty, gently creamy with great acidity. Very moreish. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49772482658596,"sku":"MMADCB","price":30.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/Image_Editor_8_9da4a1a2-0ed2-48d3-91a0-67d851570e74.png?v=1724180525"},{"product_id":"rieslingfreak-no-2-polish-hill-river-riesling-2025","title":"Rieslingfreak No 2 Polish Hill River Riesling 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Hughes makes exceptional Riesling. This is a lovely new release from the Clare Valley. Perfumed lemon and lime with red apple. Frsh and zesty with lots of green citrus and just a hint of something more tropical. Dry and refreshing. Lovely wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eA shimmery, lightweight and ultra-pure riesling of high perfume, substantial minerality and wonderful delicacy. This is all gossamer and lace, trickles and rivulets of saline and brine in ultra-tart grapefruit juice, dashes of green herb, a touch of white pepper. It's skeletal and connected by pinpricks of flavour, but all of it adds up so clearly into a very elite wine. Don't expect power, but relax into the strikingly mouth-watering and refreshing nature of this light, fine-boned wine. Drink in its vigorous youth.\" 96pts Mike Bennie Halliday Wine Companion \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berkmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55693002146171,"sku":"RF2-bt","price":25.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/Image_Editor-2025-09-19T143818.455.png?v=1758289195"},{"product_id":"henschke-julius-riesling-2025","title":"Henschke 'Julius' Riesling 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale straw with lime-green hues. Fragrant aromas of lime, grapefruit pith, lime juice, citrus zest, bergamot oil and white florals with undertones of green peppercorn. The palate is pure and bright with flavours of citrus, stone fruit and guava, beautifully balanced by steely minerality and fresh acidity providing power, concentration and a long, precise finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003ePale straw in the glass with a flash of green and beautifully defined aromas of freshly squeezed lime juice, green apple, Bickford's lime cordial and grapefruit. You'll find hints of crushed quartz, Christmas lily, orange blossom, almond paste, ozone, lemongrass and makrut lime. Sleek, focused and wonderfully pure. There is an ache of precision and minerality that marks its passage over the palate, all tension and velocity and cadence. Jeez, it is a lovely wine, finishing dry and slatey with just a glimpse of umami as it trails off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" 97pts Dave Brookes Halliday's Wine Comapnion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eThe 2025 Julius Riesling leads with an ultra pretty nose of pressed flowers, crushed quartz, white beach sand and loads of fruit that firmly places on the white end of the spectrum. In the mouth, the wine is tight and saline, with sleek, closed phenolics and persistent acidity through the long finish. This is a great wine in almost any season, which come as a surprise to no one who follows the viticultural philosophy of Pru Henschke. 11.7% alcohol, sealed under screw cap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" 95pts Erin Larkin The Wine Advocate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56166209388923,"sku":"48349-bt","price":34.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/products\/Screenshot_20_28853_29.png?v=1698812078"},{"product_id":"henschke-julius-riesling-2025-case","title":"Henschke 'Julius' Riesling 2025 Case","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale straw with lime-green hues. Fragrant aromas of lime, grapefruit pith, lime juice, citrus zest, bergamot oil and white florals with undertones of green peppercorn. The palate is pure and bright with flavours of citrus, stone fruit and guava, beautifully balanced by steely minerality and fresh acidity providing power, concentration and a long, precise finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003ePale straw in the glass with a flash of green and beautifully defined aromas of freshly squeezed lime juice, green apple, Bickford's lime cordial and grapefruit. You'll find hints of crushed quartz, Christmas lily, orange blossom, almond paste, ozone, lemongrass and makrut lime. Sleek, focused and wonderfully pure. There is an ache of precision and minerality that marks its passage over the palate, all tension and velocity and cadence. Jeez, it is a lovely wine, finishing dry and slatey with just a glimpse of umami as it trails off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" 97pts Dave Brookes Halliday's Wine Comapnion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eThe 2025 Julius Riesling leads with an ultra pretty nose of pressed flowers, crushed quartz, white beach sand and loads of fruit that firmly places on the white end of the spectrum. In the mouth, the wine is tight and saline, with sleek, closed phenolics and persistent acidity through the long finish. This is a great wine in almost any season, which come as a surprise to no one who follows the viticultural philosophy of Pru Henschke. 11.7% alcohol, sealed under screw cap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" 95pts Erin Larkin The Wine Advocate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394768482683,"sku":"48349-cs","price":189.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/products\/Screenshot_20_28853_29.png?v=1698812078"},{"product_id":"mmad-vineyard-blewitt-springs-chenin-blanc-2024-case","title":"MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2024 Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The fourth release of this old-vine chenin, and it’s another exceptional one. Half crushed and half whole-bunch pressed fruit, with fermentation in concrete and large oak, then maturation in old puncheons. An orchard stroll, crossing the seasons, with fragrant blossoms as well as crisply ripe fruit. Fresh, waxy red apples and green pear, yellow and lemon-skinned citrus, along with poached apple, cumquat, hazelnut and preserved lemon characters. A thread of mineral tension is the insistent plot line, with winemaking aptly subservient. Chenin blanc has never lacked for potential in the Vale, but the standout examples have hardly been legion. Here’s one.\" 96+ Marcus Ellis Halliday Wine Companion 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vineyard was first planted in 1939, the Chenin Blanc vines go back to 1964. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was hand-picked. Half of the fruit was crushed and fermented in concrete while the remaining 50% was whole bunch pressed and fermented in large old oak barrels. 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Medium bodied, this is at once elegant and focused, with very fine-grained, persistent tannins. A class act to drink now and over the next six to eight years.\" 97pts Philip Rich Halliday Wine Companion 2027\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2024 Cabernets is sourced from 3 vineyards, Harriet’s Vineyard Malbec, Healesville, D’Aloisio Vineyard Merlot, Seville and D’Aloisio Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Seville. Grapes are fully de-stemmed into small open pots. Fermented on naturally occurring yeast with plunging once per day early in ferment, some drain and return via gravity late in ferment, and pump overs. 16-20 days on skins, pressed to tank and settled for 2 days before racking to barrel. Matured in older hogsheads, SO2 added post racking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boutinot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394864492923,"sku":"RHCabs-cs","price":21.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/square-image_10_35e2c10b-fa1e-415c-b238-b53b65903537.jpg?v=1787843137"},{"product_id":"rieslingfreak-no-2-polish-hill-river-riesling-2025-case","title":"Rieslingfreak No 2 Polish Hill River Riesling 2025 Case","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Hughes makes exceptional Riesling. This is a lovely new release from the Clare Valley. Perfumed lemon and lime with red apple. Frsh and zesty with lots of green citrus and just a hint of something more tropical. Dry and refreshing. Fabulous wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eA shimmery, lightweight and ultra-pure riesling of high perfume, substantial minerality and wonderful delicacy. This is all gossamer and lace, trickles and rivulets of saline and brine in ultra-tart grapefruit juice, dashes of green herb, a touch of white pepper. It's skeletal and connected by pinpricks of flavour, but all of it adds up so clearly into a very elite wine. Don't expect power, but relax into the strikingly mouth-watering and refreshing nature of this light, fine-boned wine. Drink in its vigorous youth.\" 96pts Mike Bennie Halliday Wine Companion \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berkmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394865672571,"sku":"RF2-cs","price":139.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/Image_Editor-2025-09-19T143818.455.png?v=1758289195"},{"product_id":"cullen-diana-madeline-wilyabrup-cabernet-sauvignon-merlot-2023","title":"Cullen 'Diana Madeline' Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eThis Diana Madeline delights as soon as it's poured. A deep, dark purple-red and so vibrant. Ah the aromas next – all cedar wood, oak spices and warm earth with fresh mulberries and blackberry essence. It has concentrated, fabulous fruit on the fuller-bodied palate yet there’s a fineness, too, with supple tannins enmeshed in lively acidity. It’s a gorgeous drink. Too young now as it’s still showing off its youthful exuberance. Give this a few more years in the cellar to build more complexity and detail; it's guaranteed to age beautifully for another two or so decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" 97pts Jane Faulkner Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394952475003,"sku":"cdmcs23-bt","price":102.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/square-image_11_c8c53f76-1433-4ef8-8442-2b7bcb80b5a2.jpg?v=1787847834"},{"product_id":"cullen-diana-madeline-wilyabrup-cabernet-sauvignon-merlot-2023-case","title":"Cullen 'Diana Madeline' Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2023 Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eThis Diana Madeline delights as soon as it's poured. A deep, dark purple-red and so vibrant. 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Give this a few more years in the cellar to build more complexity and detail; it's guaranteed to age beautifully for another two or so decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" 97pts Jane Faulkner Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394955293051,"sku":"cdmcs23-cs","price":556.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/square-image_11_c8c53f76-1433-4ef8-8442-2b7bcb80b5a2.jpg?v=1787847834"},{"product_id":"nocturne-sheoak-vineyard-yallingup-cabernet-sauvignon-2024","title":"Nocturne 'Sheoak Vineyard' Yallingup Cabernet Sauvignon 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Such a distinctive wine, all floral and pretty at first, even though there’s a certain restrained power throughout. Violets, cassis and mulberries, tobacco and some menthol, cedary oak and spices – all you’d expect from this region. Yet it’s the shape and how it feels on the palate that links it to place, the Sheoak vineyard. Beautifully ripe, fine tannins with an exceptionally long finish make this another classy cabernet.\" 96+ Jane Faulkner Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394959290747,"sku":"NOCSOCS-bt","price":45.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/images_1_6a96bbc0-fa2b-4b3d-8290-a80f373a2741.jpg?v=1787848489"},{"product_id":"oakridge-vineyard-series-hazeldene-vineyard-chardonnay-2024","title":"Oakridge Vineyard Series Hazeldene Vineyard Chardonnay 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have followed and bought Oakridge wines for years when i had my Australian buisness, so its great they are finally being imported. This is Yarra Valley Chardonnay at its best, quite modern in style, citris, stone fruit, a touch of struck match alongside elegant, nutty oak. Fresh with a real zest, but also full enough to feel quite indulgent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eFrom chardonnay planted at the Hazeldene vineyard at Gladysdale in '13. Six months on lees in tank before release. A pristine, bright green gold. Gorgeous aromas of stone fruits, lightly grilled nuts and marine scents precede the palate, which is rounder and slightly more textured than the Willowlake but no less pristine or structured. Finishes saline and long. 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Fresh with a real zest, but also full enough to feel quite indulgent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eFrom chardonnay planted at the Hazeldene vineyard at Gladysdale in '13. Six months on lees in tank before release. A pristine, bright green gold. Gorgeous aromas of stone fruits, lightly grilled nuts and marine scents precede the palate, which is rounder and slightly more textured than the Willowlake but no less pristine or structured. Finishes saline and long. Another '24 Chardonnay from Oakridge that can be confidently cellared for at least the next six to eight years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" 96+pts Philip Rich  Halliday Wine Companion 2027\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bancroft Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56396011733371,"sku":"OakHazCH","price":162.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/OakridgeChardonnay.png?v=1756806685"},{"product_id":"chatto-isle-pinot-noir-huon-valley-tasmania-2024","title":"Chatto 'Isle' Pinot Noir Huon Valley, Tasmania 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eA deeper ruby in the glass. The Isle Pinot Noir shows a reductive profile that is a little more smoothed out than its brethren\/sistren, the Intrigue. There's something vaguely maritime in the aromatic profile here, too, like earth on the breeze alerting a mariner's nostrils far from landfall. Dark cherry, wild strawberry and raspberry fruit tones with a captivating blood orange tone that pushes my buttons. Hints of souk-like spice, char siu, dark cherry conserve, negroni, light, toasty oak, dried shiitake, pomegranate, dried game meats, wildflowers and earth. I love the clarity and tension in this wine; the interplay between pure fruit, tannin and acidity captures and holds attention as the wine travels stony and composed across the palate. What a beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" 97+pts Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion 2027\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56396012290427,"sku":"ChattoIsle","price":76.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/files\/square-image_12_b3e5771e-808e-403d-8625-e29103acd20c.jpg?v=1787920315"},{"product_id":"chatto-isle-pinot-noir-huon-valley-tasmania-2024-case","title":"Chatto 'Isle' Pinot Noir Huon Valley, Tasmania 2024 Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eA deeper ruby in the glass. The Isle Pinot Noir shows a reductive profile that is a little more smoothed out than its brethren\/sistren, the Intrigue. There's something vaguely maritime in the aromatic profile here, too, like earth on the breeze alerting a mariner's nostrils far from landfall. Dark cherry, wild strawberry and raspberry fruit tones with a captivating blood orange tone that pushes my buttons. Hints of souk-like spice, char siu, dark cherry conserve, negroni, light, toasty oak, dried shiitake, pomegranate, dried game meats, wildflowers and earth. I love the clarity and tension in this wine; the interplay between pure fruit, tannin and acidity captures and holds attention as the wine travels stony and composed across the palate. 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One of the best to date.\" 96pts Jane Faulkner Halliday Wine Companion May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hallgarten","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56461556416891,"sku":"XCS-cs","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8388\/7652\/products\/4ff93e6c-c468-eb11-8180-06676fafec60_18765_1080x_96f53967-4629-49c0-acb9-d5ae99e878a7.png?v=1698879942"}],"url":"https:\/\/nywines.co.uk\/collections\/halliday-2027-wine-companion-awards-australias-best-wines.oembed?page=2","provider":"NYWines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}