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Autumn is here, and so is one of our best wine deals of the year. The Awesome Autumn Reds Pack brings together six killer bottles, handpicked for their sheer drinkability, regional charm, and outright deliciousness. With 20% off, this is your chance to stock up on some of the country’s most exciting reds at a ridiculously good price.
- 2025 Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir
- 2023 Mada Bit of Heaven Sangiovese
- 2023 Frederick Stevenson Grenache
- 2023 Brash Higgins FRNC Cabernet Franc
- 2025 Mercer Tempranillo
- 2024 Vinden Shiraz Nouveau
2025 Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir
Every year, Barney Flanders takes a selection of some of his favourite Pinot parcels from his Mornington sites - Balnarring, Red Hill, Merricks Grove and now Merricks North - and throws down a Pinot that makes the rest of the $35ish crowd in the region look a bit undercooked.
Merricks North leads the blend this year, with plush, perfumed Dijon clones lifting the deep, structural MV6 from the other sites. Whole berries, wild ferments, a short spell on skins, then time in large oak and concrete before bottling it with no fining and no filtering.
It’s got a real Mornington weight and presence to it. Ripe red fruits, a flicker of spice, and a smooth ride of tannin through the finish. When we tasted the 2025, we commented that it feels like Barney's pulled back on the structure and upped the slurpability in this release. It's hard to picture a better value entry into Mornington Pinot than this little beauty.
This is one of our most popular wines every year. How Barney manages to get this quality at this price point never ceases to amaze us but we're glad he does and hope he never stops!
2023 Mada Bit of Heaven Sangiovese
Hamish Young has a way with Sangiovese that most struggle to find. While others might try to bulk it up into something heavy and shapeless, he's always been about finesse. We’ve followed the Mada story since the early days, and seeing how he handles this Hilltops fruit year-on-year is a highlight for us.
This 2023 comes from the Bit of Heaven site in Wombat, grown on granite-rich clay loams. He’s given it 14 months in oak, but kept the new wood to just 15% - just enough to give it a framework without masking the fruit. It’s all about that gentle touch in the cellar: de-stemmed fruit, three weeks on skins, pretty classic for Sangio.
It’s got that classic Sangiovese snap - think crunchy cranberries, rose petals, and a hit of fresh garden herbs. The tannins are silty and fine, making it incredibly bright and drinkable. Hamish has nailed the balance here; it's a fresh, savoury red that’s light on its feet and absolutely charming.
94 points
"A highly appealing, juicy and oh-so-easy-to-drink sangio. Full of good varietal aromas and flavours – all sweet cherries and pips, florals and Middle Eastern spices, yet super savoury... Delicious."
- Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Frederick Stevenson Grenache
Steve Crawford works with some great old vineyards across the Barossa Valley, with the Hongell Grenache coming from a vineyard just to the south of the historic Barossa sub-region of Tanunda.
It was made with 30% whole bunches and old oak. Steve looks to capture the personality of each vineyard he works from, here he's done a top notch job.
It's Barossa Grenache with a different look. It's bright, crunchy, and wickedly drinkable. Grenache fans with a penchant for original expressions of the variety should get on this, particularly as volumes are limited.
94 points
"Red fruit, cranberry, white pepper, dried herb and rosehip, a little orange peel. A lighter bodied style, crisp and lively, fine dusty and peppery grip, a light amaro tang to it gives it a cool alpine character, with a crisp red fruited finish of brightness and excellent length. Beautifully made with a distinctly Italianate (Pelaverga springs to mind) quality to it. I’m all about this. What a great drink!"
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
2023 Brash Higgins FRNC Cabernet Franc
Few wines in Australia have championed Cabernet Franc quite like Brash Higgins’ FRNC. From its first release, this wine has been at the forefront of the modern, fresh, and vibrant Cabernet Franc movement, proving just how exciting this variety can be in McLaren Vale’s unique terroir.
The 2023 vintage delivered ideal growing conditions with an even season and small berry set, leading to excellent concentration and balance. Sourced from a high ridge of an ancient sand dune in McLaren Flat, the fruit was handpicked, wild fermented, and left on skins for five weeks, before ageing for 15 months in old French oak to preserve aromatics and purity.
What we're left with in the glass is a translucent violet hue with a nose that leaps from the glass - jalapeño, alpine herbs, violets, and roasted bell pepper all swirl together, underpinned by rose petals and mulberry. The palate is silky and mouth-filling, with pure, ripe fruit, subtle spice, and papery tannins that glide into a long, smooth finish.
A Loire-inspired yet uniquely Australian take on Cabernet Franc, this is bright, fragrant, and dangerously drinkable - but with enough structure to age beautifully. It disappears fast every year, so don’t wait too long.
91 points
"This leads with a cool herbal thread, an aromatic spread of green pepper, bay, tea tree, green chilli, Worcestershire, tart blackberry and wild fennel. It’s lightly framed, supple through the palate, textural, a little saline, with that wild fennel note lingering through the finish, like chewing on the pleasingly bitter fresh seeds."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)
2025 Mercer Tempranillo
Aaron Mercer is a massive fan of Tempranillo’s potential in Australia, especially in a high-altitude spot like Orange. He’s built this 2025 release in a deliberate Joven style, which is just a fancy way of saying it’s made for freshness and immediate drinking rather than being tucked away in a cellar.
When we tried this Temp the word "gluggable" kept coming up. It’s a mid-weight red that really celebrates the bright, crunchy fruit you get from those cooler slopes. Aaron avoids heavy oak here to let the fruit do the talking, so you get heaps of plush cherries and raspberries with a nice little savoury hit of dried herbs on the finish.
It’s an unpretentious, easy-going red that’s perfect for a mid-week pasta or a casual BBQ. If you’re after something vibrant and smashable that doesn't overcomplicate things, this hits the spot perfectly.
2024 Vinden Shiraz Nouveau
Angus Vinden is one of the sharpest young winemakers in the Hunter, and his Shiraz Nouveau is a brilliant example of how he’s pushing the region forward while staying true to its roots.
This is Shiraz made for the here and now – bright, juicy and wonderfully perfumed. Sourced from Angus’s own vineyard (planted in 1995) and a site in Broke, it’s wild-fermented with a touch of whole bunch and then aged in concrete and old oak. The result is a light, energetic red full of red berries, spice and a little floral lift.
It’s the kind of wine that takes Hunter Shiraz in a fresher, more playful direction. Best served with a slight chill, it’s perfect for warm afternoons, casual dinners and those times you just want a glass that goes down easy.
Modern Hunter Shiraz at its most delicious.
Customer Reviews
| Type | Red |
| Body | Medium Bodied |
| Country | Australia |
| Size | 750ml |
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