About The Wine
This dynamic couple were named as the Best New Act at the 2015 Young Guns of Wine Awards.
The story of Year Wines is one of love and family, of serendipity and opportunity. When Luke met Caleigh whilst working as a lowly cellar hand, it was love at first sight. Eight years, two kids and a mortgage later and they are producing some gorgeous small-batch wines together.
Their wines are made in minuscule quantities, often no more than 30 dozen at a time, and their raw quality and undeniable personality make them very highly sort after.
The Year Wines Mataro Shiraz Grenache is beautiful in its simplicity. The small Grenache component lending an aromatic boost to the savoury, more guttural tones of the Mataro, the Shiraz adding the sweet mid-palate richness. The grapes come from two vineyards, Luke and Caleigh looking for balance and drinkability here and they find it in spades.
The three varieties dance together beautifully.
McLaren Vale, SA
From The Producer
Named loosely after Sergio Hermann, a dutch 3 michelin star Chef. His documentary, called ‘Fucking Brilliant’ follows the last few months of his restaurant before he shuts it down, whilst it’s at its peak in order to spend more time with his family.
A mixture of 2 vineyards. The Grenache and Syrah are from the block next to our place and the Mataro from about a km down the road. Both are in Whites Valley sub-region (Southern McLaren Vale) with the geology being Christie’s beach formation: alluvial clay, sand and gravel. Grenache planted in the 50’s, Syrah and Mataro 20+years old.
Fermented seperately, Mataro and Grenache de-stemmed, the Syrah (which was picked early @ 11.9 Be’) was 50% whole bunch. Wild yeast, hand plunged and kept on skins for a few weeks before basket pressing to French oak (The Mataro 6-7 year old hogs heads, the Grenache and Syrah 10-12 year old barriques. Kept on full lees until racking to bottle.
Unfined and unfiltered.
All vegan friendly too…
Blend : Mataro (42%), Syrah (38%), Grenache (20%)
Closure : Screw cap
Drink Until : 13.5%
Bottle Size : 750ml
McLaren Vale, SA
Critic Reviews
"All fermented separately, but then brought together for some magic. Year Wines are reliably good drinking.Sloshy, jubey, easy going red of vibrant, fresh fruit character. It’s heady in musk, sweet berry, cherry and clove scents, with similar in the palate, drawn long on lightly chewy tannins and a brisk coil of acidity. It ain’t all that complex, but it is very easy to drink, and has layers to it beyond a simple guzzler. Texture is the clincher, smooth as." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
Delivery is Free for any order over $149 or more, or just $10 for any orders of $149 or less. There is no minimum order quantity and you can mix and match as much as you like. Make your perfect mixed pack!
Sydney Metro orders will be delivered the next day 5 days per week, Monday through Friday. We can guarantee delivery before Christmas as long as you get your order in by midnight 23rd of December. Please refer to this map to see if your address is considered Sydney Metro here.
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Australia Wide Deliveries outside of Sydney and Melbourne metro are all delivered with Australia Post's eParcel wine delivery service. They pick up from us at 12pm Monday through Friday. When your order has been dispatched you'll receive tracking information to your email. Unfortunately with the complications of Covid and expected Christmas surge Australia Post are being extremely vague about delivery times. You will need to have your order placed before midnight 10th of December if you want to ensure it’s there for Christmas.
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Warehouse Pickup is available at our Sydney warehouse at 3 Fig, Ultimo, 2007. You are not able to browse our warehouse shelves and we are not licenced to sell over the counter, so please place your order online or over the phone before arriving. Feel free to call on arrival on 1300 668 385 and we can bring your order out to your vehicle.
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Returns are free for 100 days after purchase. You can view the conditions of our return policy here
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Do I have to order in dozens? No, please mix it up! You can order wines in any quantity and variation you like. You can order 1 bottle or 50. We challenge you to make the ultimate mixed pack of wine!
Are there volume discounts? No, our pricing is designed to be the best in market already - no marking up and then discounting down! For very large orders (weddings, etc) we are open to negotiating though. Just give us a call.
Do we price match? Yes, within reason. Everyday low & consistent pricing is something we strongly believe in. We want our customers to feel confident they are always getting the best price. If you see a price lower somewhere else let us know and we'll consider matching it. We'll even retrospectively issue you store credit if you have already purchased from us but you see a lower price somewhere later on. Our price match policy can be seen here.
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I am trying to add more of a wine to my cart but it won’t let me? This means we are running low on stock of that wine. So for example, if the website will only allow you to add 3 bottles and no more, then that is all we have of that particular wine. The good news is we may be able to order more for you. Just contact us on 1300 668 385 or hello@differentdrop.com and we'll organise the additional quantity for you.
Does Different Drop have a physical store? No. More of a warehouse/office. We do however offer a Click & Collect option from our warehouse in Ultimo, Sydney. Our warehouse address for Click & Collect is: 3 Fig St, Ultimo, 2007/ Please make sure you have placed your order before arriving at the warehouse
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