The Overflow Estate 1895

The Overflow Estate 1895, is a boutique winery near Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

The Overflow 1895 is a historic grazing property located about 60 kilometres south of Brisbane as the crow flies, 16.9 kilometres west of Beaudesert and about 20 kilometres east of Boonah. It spans the Beaudesert-Boonah highway and fronts the extraordinary Lake Wyaralong. The newly constructed dam, completed in 2010, forms the northern boundary of the property. The Overflow boasts approximately 12 kilometres of waterfront land. The Overflow Estate 1895 was first established in July 2010. The first rip with the ‘dozer was located on the south-eastern side of the main house on the gently sloping land fertilised by cattle for more than a century. The families felled the timber for the posts, barked it, snicked it and prepared it for splitting before the posts were erected. They ran the wires and the trellises, planted every vine, painstakingly pruned every spur and cane and tended the vineyard until the first vintage was harvested in January 2013.

They initially called the wine “Sq Root”. There is a rude old Australian saying which aptly describes individuals or groups who know little or nothing about anything. They are described as knowing “about three quarters of five eighths of the square root of bugger all” or words to that effect! That’s how much they knew when we started this venture. What began as an affair of the heart and a holiday in Toro in the north of Spain has matured into a magnificent viticultural affair. The Vermentino, the Fiano, the Tempranillo and the Montepulciano represent the very best of “climate change” varieties from both Italy and Spain. The terroir is typical of Sardinia, d’Abruzzo, Venetia and the north of Spain.

The wines are superbly constructed and balanced. They revel in gustatory combination with Mediterranean antipasto, fresh seafood, pate and crusty bread. Just bring your friends for an unforgettable meal.

They have used a combination of Paulsen, Ramsey and Ruggeri rootstock to sustain the special varieties. Whist they are blessed with a seemingly endless water supply, this is a “dry” vineyard. The roots are to earn their keep by going far and deep. The intervine rows are covered with magnificent blue couch and the posts are solid ironbark, felled, split and erected by our their hands. An enormous, century-old blue gum tree stands proudly in the centre of the vineyard, keeping guard over proceedings throughout the seasons.