Vasse Felix HEYTESBURY Chardonnay Margaret River Western Australia

Heytesbury Cabernet is the highest selection of fruit and wine from the Vasse Felix cellars. First produced in 1995, it has received 9 trophy's and 17 gold medals at national and international wine competitions. The wine is a deep red with purple hues. The aroma has a dense complexity that will open up with age. Hints of orange chocolate, cassis, cedar, juniper berry and cloves. The palate is rich, long and well balanced. Ripe plum and chocolate/coffee flavors fill the mouth. (6 x 75 cl)

Pale to mid straw in colour. The aroma displays fruit characters of pineapple, rockmelon, nectarine and flint. Secondary characters of roasted almonds, crème brullee, and attractive French oak complement these flavours. The palate is smooth, with a rich creamy fruit texture that fully covers the palate. The acid is noticeable, giving the wine a long clean and crisp finish.

Vasse Felix has been crafting Chardonnay since 1990. The aim has always been to produce a fruit driven style with subtle oak and yeast influences. The grapes are sourced from long-term contract growers throughout Western Australia. The climatic and clonal differences allow different parcels of fruit to be fermented separately in predominantly new French oak barriques. All the barrels are fermented in coolrooms at 120C to preserve the fruit flavours in the wine. The final blending occurs 11 months later with a portion of 'unoaked' Chardonnay, producing a wine of subtle oak complexity, length and mouth filling flavour.

A dark and vibrant wine in the glass with royal purple hues. The nose reflects a warm vintage in 1999. Aromas of chocolate, spice and leather mixed with coconut coming from American oak ageing. The wine is complex and complete (6 x 75 cl)

Pale straw in colour, this wine displays lanolin, lemon rind and lemon grass aromatics combined with subtle perfumed French oak, rosemary and thyme. (6 x 75 cl)

Heytesbury Cabernet is the highest selection of fruit and wine from the Vasse Felix cellars. First produced in 1995, it has received 9 trophy's and 17 gold medals at national and international wine competitions. The wine is a deep red with purple hues. The aroma has a dense complexity that will open up with age. Hints of orange chocolate, cassis, cedar, juniper berry and cloves. The palate is rich, long and well balanced. Ripe plum and chocolate/coffee flavors fill the mouth. (6 x 75 cl)

A very dark wine with crimson hues. It displays a complex nose with cranberry, plum and raspberry aromas. An earthiness and mahogany notes come from the oak maturation. The palate is rich but tight with sweet berry and plum flavours, with fine tannins and balanced acidity

This classic Dry White reflects the cool vintage showing grassy, lime juice, pineapple and guava aromas. The palate is fresh and lively with gooseberry and lime flavours and finishes with a minerally acidity that is refreshing. This wine is essentially ''unoaked'' however since the 2000 vintage a portion of Semillon has been fermented with French oak to further increase complexity and flavour. The wine is intensely fruity, bursting with vibrant and bright aromas and flavours making it a wine that suits the Mediterranean climate and food culture found in Australia. The term Classic Dry White was first coined in Margaret River at Vasse Felix in 1987, representing a blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. A small portion of Chardonnay is added to this blend to increase the mouthfeel and complexity. (6 x 75 cl)

Vasse Felix was the first commercial vineyard and winery to be established in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. The vineyard took its unusual name from an early event in the district. Vasse was a French seaman who drowned last century when his longboat overturned near the site of Busselton while exploring the coastline on the ship 'Geographe' under Captain Freycinet. Paradoxically, Felix is the Latin word for fortunate or luck. Thus the name refers to a favoured place in Australia discovered by the French. This wine displays vibrant varietal shiraz characteristics, offering ripe plum and cherry liqueur flavours, combined with chocolate and mocha aromas. Classic regional savoury and white pepper characters provide complexity and lift the fruit intensity. Vanillin and sweet smokey oak aromas provide further depth and complexity to the attractive fruit profile. The wine delivers upfront fruit sweetness with soft cherry fruit. The palate fruit profile is exactly as the wine smells and provides good fruit depth and ripeness. Full bodied, supple, soft, well structured and balanced by the firm yet velvety tannin profile, the oak tannins provide subtle, grainy textures on the finish and overall added length and complexity.