The wines have been tasted and the results are in for the 2016 Halliday Wine Companion.

The latest edition of the Halliday Wine Companion has been released for next year. Oakdene have had their most successful year ever!

The 2014 Oakdene Jessica Single Vineyard Bellarine Peninsula Sauvignon has been awarded an amazing 94 points by James Halliday. This is what he had to say about it:

There are toasty barrel-ferment and buttery aromas here, plus a little bottle-age development.

We warmly invite you to join us in celebrating Geelong Wine's 'Winter Shiraz Weekend.' Oakdene is celebrating Shiraz at all 3 of our eclectic and stunning venues.

James Halliday has awarded 2013 Oakdene Bernard's Single Vineyard Bellarine Peninsula Cabernets 95 points. This is an outstanding wine.

We are pleased to release the latest vintage of our Single Vineyard Pinot Noir from our low cropping estate block planted in 2001. First produced in 2004, and labeled “Peta’s” from 2009, the wine has remained true to style and reflected each growing season on the Bellarine Peninsula.

Wine Business Monthly has put together their top 100 new releases for 2015. The 2013 Oakdene William Shiraz has done brilliantly again, making this list, receiving a score of 93 from Mike Bennie.

Campbell Mattinson has reviewed some of our wines for Winefront. The Oakdene Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014 has scored 91 points.

The sun is shining, warm winds are gently blowing and it is time when we finally catch up with all those people we've been meaning to see all year. The entertaining season is upon us, and when it comes to serving up a white wine, we want it to be the right white.

The Winewise Championships 2015 have declared, Oakdene William Shiraz 2013, the second best shiraz in the state. This is what they had to say about it.

Here are his tasting notes: "They've done a pretty good job here. Tastes good, has textural interest and drinks well. Tick tick tick. Boom. Nashi pear, light chalky texture, fruit sweetness pared....

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"A blush of colour! Chalky texture, loads of savouriness, wet pebble texture and a bold vein of granite-like minerality. Nashi pear juice comes to mind too...

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"Tropical aromas exuding from the glass are sweet. Fresh, ripe melon and passionfruit flavours blend well with the subtle citrus, which helps add a light zing on the palate...

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"Pale straw in colour, with fresh fruit aromas of nashi pear, apple and citrus. The fruit flavours continue to drive this refreshing white across the palate, each well balanced and with a rich mouth feel...

"Whether called pinot grigio or gris, most Australian-grown versions are tending to the fresher styling that strictly should be attached to the former tag...

"This Bellarine Peninsula blend is 58 per cent merlot, 30 per cent cab franc and 12 per cent cab sav. The result is a dark red with an aroma of ripe berries and lifted spice....

Saturday 14th March, 11am to 5pm Oakdene wines will be available to taste and purchase at the famous Flemington front lawns and rose gardens, as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

"A gorgeous youthful shiraz. Very lifted peppery aromas with attractive earthy and floral touches. The tight clean Rhone-like palate has very focused flavours. Needs more time in the cellar. $35"

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Celebrate Australia over the long weekend in January and visit us at Oakdene for a wine tasting, meal in our restaurant or cafe, or simply wander through our fantastic gardens and enjoy the eclectic art works.

"A very pale straw colour, the bead is impressively fine and the aromas are of lemon and granny smith apple and it's refreshingly crisp followed by some light toasty notes. It continues through to the palate with sherbet qualities driven by the lemon citrus....

"The Bellarine Peninsula, south of Melbourne, is well tempered by the southern seas, which helps this pop star variety to settle down and gather a little more depth to its palate, here with notes of cinnamon spice sprinkled on nectarine ...