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Ravensworth winemaker Bryan Martin is one of the most creative and inquisitive winemakers we've ever met and embodies everything we love about small artisanal Australian producers. He is humble, irreverent, committed to the pursuit of excellence and always looking to explore.
This pack contains five of his 'Regional Series' wines that explore interesting blends and varieties from Tumbarumba, the Hilltops and his excellent Estate Shiraz Viognier from Bryan's farm in Murrumbateman. Great value on offer here.
- 2023 Ravensworth Regional Sangiovese
- 2024 Ravensworth Barbera & Nebbiolo
- 2023 Ravensworth Tempranillo Graciano Garnacha
- 2023 Ravensworth Hilltops Montepulciano
- 2022 Ravensworth Regional Shiraz Blend
- 2022 Ravensworth Shiraz Viognier
2023 Ravensworth Regional Sangiovese
The 2023 Ravensworth Regional Sangiovese is yet another stellar release from Bryan Martin, solidifying its reputation as one of Australia’s best-value Sangioveses.
Bursting with vibrant red fruit—think cherries and cranberries—it finishes dry and savoury, with that unmistakable Sangiovese charm. A lovely amaro-like bitterness on the finish ties it all together, making it the perfect food-friendly wine.
Sourced from premium vineyards in the Hilltops and Canberra District, this Sangiovese thrives in the region’s cool, challenging conditions. The wine spent three weeks on skins and 14 months in older barriques, creating a balance between fresh, juicy fruit and the variety’s natural savoury edge.
Whether you’re sharing a pizza at your local BYO or digging into a hearty pasta dish, this Sangiovese’s bright acidity and rustic charm make it a perfect match. A genuine, easy-drinking expression of the variety from one of Canberra’s most exciting winemakers, it’s an absolute must-try for lovers of top-quality, great-value reds.
"A fantastic year for sangiovese. A variety that seems to love a year with lots going on like rain and heat and hail."
- Bryan Martin (winemaker)
2024 Ravensworth Barbera & Nebbiolo
Here’s a wine that walks right out of the Hilltops and straight into Piedmont with a distinctly Ravensworth twist. Bryan Martin blends Barbera and Nebbiolo here with all the charm and cleverness you’d expect, delivering a wine that’s bright, savoury, and seriously moreish.
Barbera brings its juicy red fruit, vibrant acidity, and easy charm, while Nebbiolo steps in with florals, spice, and a bit of muscle to rein it all in. It’s a classic pairing - lifted aromatics, plush cherry fruit, and that firm-but-fine Nebbiolo grip tying it all together. Bryan reckons it’s “a little more serious for the process” this year, and it shows in the wine’s structure and depth.
Medium-bodied, food-friendly and wildly versatile, this is the kind of red you bring to a dinner party and end up fielding questions about all night. Delicious now, and will hold its shape beautifully over the next few years.
"Our tilt at the wonderful Lange blends from Piemonte. Barbera is just so juicy and zesty, the introduction of the more serious Nebbiolo tames this acidity and adds a wash of fine tannin. Like mash and gravy, they just work.
- Bryan Martin (Ravensworth)
2023 Ravensworth Tempranillo Graciano Garnacha
Bryan Martin’s Spanish-inspired blend (formerly known as "Tinto") is back and as joyful as ever - a wine that captures the breezy spirit of Mediterranean reds but with a distinctly local pulse. If you’re after something bright, spicy and dangerously drinkable, this one’s got your name on it.
A blend of Tempranillo, Graciano and Garnacha from five different vineyards across three regions, it’s made with whole berries and wild yeast, then aged in old barriques to keep things pure and juicy. Think fresh cherry, fresh herbs, a dusting of spice, and a fine tannin grip that keeps it all tight and tidy.
There’s a sun-on-your-face, tapas-on-the-table kind of vibe here. You don’t need to overthink it - just open a bottle and enjoy. Best served with food, friends, and maybe a few bullfighting metaphors, if that’s your thing.
2023 Ravensworth Hilltops Montepulciano
If you’ve ever wondered what Montepulciano could be in Australian soil with the right hands at the helm - this is your answer. Bryan Martin doesn’t miss, and here he’s given this late-ripening Italian variety the full Ravensworth treatment. Grown in the cool, elevated Hilltops region, this is a wine that embraces its varietal roots while wearing its Aussie terroir with pride.
It’s inky, deep, and dark-fruited but never heavy-handed. The nose flickers between ripe blueberries, black cherry and wild herbs, with a subtle hint of earth and cocoa - think dark fruit rolled in cracked pepper and dried oregano. The palate is supple and juicy, with that hallmark Montepulciano acidity giving it great tension and food-friendliness. There’s a gentle chew of tannin and a long, savoury tail.
Aged for two years in large-format Stockinger oak, it’s polished, not flashy. A top pick for pizza nights, long lunches, or tucking away for five to ten years.
2022 Ravensworth Regional Shiraz Blend
There just weren't enough wines in the sprawling Ravensworth Regional range... Well that's according to Bryan Martin, anyway. So here comes an excellent little Shiraz blend for your drinking pleasure.
"Super excited to welcome this blend in our regional range..."
- Bryan Martin
This wine is a little unusual in that the fruit comes from the opposite sides of the country. Bryan had access to a parcel of phenomenal fruit on the Swinney vineyard in the Frankland River region of Western Australia. This is highly prized bush vine Grenache and Mourvedre which is in high demand by WA's best producers. But there just wasn't enough to make a decent-sized release, so Bryan blended it with some top-quality Shiraz from the Hilltops and Murrumbateman regions, much closer to home.
It's a classic Ravensworth red. Mid-weight, supple in texture and just damn delicious down to its toes. If you are a fan of basically anything Bryan makes (like we are), you'll want to add this beauty into your regular Ravensworth rotation.
"The fragrant bouquet and fresh zesty palate makes the Grenache and Mourvedre, rather than the Shiraz, dominant."
- 95 pts, James Halliday (The Weekend Australian)
2022 Ravensworth Shiraz Viognier
The Ravensworth Shiraz Viognier has become one of the most sought-after wines in Canberra, owner/winemaker Bryan Martin now consistently producing a wine of glorious complexity from his homegrown fruit.
Bryan's Shiraz is Northern Rhone Valley inspired, with a splash of co-fermented Viognier adding perfume and mouthfeel to what is a remarkable Shiraz. Given Bryan Martin's previous day job as assistant winemaker at Clonakilla where he, alongside Tim Kirk, produced Australia's foremost Shiraz Viognier, it comes as no surprise to see his own wine reach such great heights.
This 2022 version has been keenly anticipated and it does not disappoint. If you fancy cool climate Shiraz then this is simply a must for your cellar and/or dinner table. Exceptional.
94 points
"It’s loaded with spice and florals, not overtly viognier-flexed but there’s pretty, sweet elements and a glossiness to texture that gives you an idea about the white grape inclusion. The perfume, cinnamon-clove-cardamom brown spices on red cherry, dark plum, green olive and some bergamot tea and alpine herb notes. Flavours roll similarly, quite rich in a way but a brace of tightening tannins, dusty, powdery, do well. A succulence and depth in tow. It feels premium, fine, good, concentrated, complex. A richer expression from Canberra District would be the other comment. It does the trick and well."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
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