A wine to celebrate the 80th birthday of Patricia McKenzie Anderson, OAM, mother of the winemaker, who notes that this wine also produced the most aromatic ferment of the ’24 vintage. It shows. Sage, wild thyme, rosemary, black cherry, plum and spice light up the aroma. There is a beautiful moment when dark fruits, herbs, […]
Hand picked over three weeks, 12 micro ferments, all five clones, parcels fermented and matured individually, 12 months’ maturation in French barrique (25% new), basket pressed. Eleana Anderson is one freakishly fantastic winegrower and maker, showing the way with, and the exciting future of, tempranillo in Australia. Few come close. A scent alive in rose […]
Multiple small batches, whole-bunch pressed, indigenous yeast, fermented in French barriques (25% new), full solids, lees stirred, 12 months’ maturation. A real beauty of a chardonnay that combines cool-climate poise and a deep-set complexity. Aromas set the scene in white flowers, flinty grapefruit and citrus, stone fruits, almond meal and spice. With senses on alert, […]
Multiple small batches and natural yeast ferments, matured separately; 22 months’ maturation in French oak barriques (30% new). Sourced from the 21-year-old, 400ml high Nicholson/Mayford vineyard with 10 shiraz clones in play. It’s all beauty, spice and sophistication. A peppery, spiced array of lively black, red and blue fruits, smart vanillin oak, earth and leather […]
Posted on 3rd November 2025. Mayford Tempranillo always has flavour and composure but it’s the structure that always seduces me.It wouldn’t be hard to call this release perfect. Certainly the integration of the various components is elite. It’s pure of fruit, polished, comes awash with dry, fine, sandy tannin and pushes long through the finish. […]
Posted on 1st November 2025. This was tasted at the winery as part of a vertical tasting of Mayford Tempranillo, hence the shorter note. The quality though is clearly right up there.This is such an exuberant release. Brilliant fruit, florals, cocoa. Texture, freshness, oomph. Complete. This is the most balanced and impressive of tempranillos. It […]
Posted on 31 October 2025. This will be great with a few more years under its belt. Eleana Anderson considers this one of the best wines she’s made and it’s not hard to see why. It’s effusive, it’s deep, it’s plush and it lingers. It carries a wide spread of fine-grained tannin too, which complement […]
Posted on 31 October 2025. This is a wonderful chardonnay in the making. It’s tight, flavoursome, characterful and – in an elegant context – powerful. It tastes of pears, bacon, yellow peach, cedar and crunchy apples, with almond paste and tonic water as whispers. Texture; it has plenty. Length; to burn. There’s a lemonade note […]
Posted on 30 October 2025. This wine looks both very young and very good. It’s a wine of finesse, and flavour, and polish, and finish. It shows more cherries than plums, more spice than toast, more delicacy than oomph. And yet it comfortably fills the mouth with flavour, and comes with highlights of orange rind […]
Posted on 30 October 2025. I visited Mayford recently and was fortunate enough to taste through a lot of back vintages and my all-over impression is that this estate – which I’ve always rated highly – operates at another level above my own previous estimations. These wines, across the range, age brilliantly.This wine will become […]
