Description
As a very small, family run winery, Heritage Estate Wines have received the prestigious five-star winery rating for the last 5 years.
Heritage Estate Wines is situated in Cottonvale adjacent to our main cellar door. The winery has an approximate capacity of 80 tonnes per annum and, unusually for a winery our size, includes a full 1000 bottle per hour bottling and labelling line.
Heritage Estate Wines manages two vineyards: the first, at an altitude of 960 metres located at Cottonvale in the northern Granite Belt is perfectly situated for the production of white wines.
The older, slightly less mineralised soils of Cottonvale allow us to produce very distinctive Chardonnay, Fiano and Savagnin that differ in their structure and flavour from those produced elsewhere in the region.
The second vineyard at Ballandean, at 840 metres elevation, produces wonderful reds and includes some of the oldest vines in the region with the Old Vine Shiraz produced of out 60-year-old vines. These are a superb example of a cool climate Shiraz. intense, long and immensely satisfying, this is a hard Shiraz to go past.
Heritage Estate Terroir is based on Permian sedimentary rocks, intrusive granites and extensive Tertiary basalts.
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Open Days / times: Mon to Sun 10 to 4pm
Wine Region: Granite Belt
Facilities: Cellar Door, Functions, Restaurant
Wine Variety: Cabernet, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fiano, Grenache, Malbec, Marsanne, Merlot, Mourvedre, Muscat, Petit Verdot, Pinot Gris, Shiraz, Sparkling Shiraz, Tawny, Tempranillo, Verdelho, Viognier, Fortified, Sparkling
Brands: Heritage Estate Wines
Cases Produced: 4000 cases
Established: 1990
Vineyards: 20 ha
Winemaker: John Handy