Our wines

All Mundoonen wines are made by us in our winery and our first wines were released in August 2003. The Mundoonen vineyards grow Shiraz and Viognier and the winery has local contract blocks of Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. We use fruit exclusively from the Canberra District and hand-pick into small 32 litre fruit containers to ensure that the fruit arrives at the winery in perfect condition.

The fruit is hand-sorted and selected, then manually loaded into the de-stemmer or press, depending on the wine-making strategy chosen. At Mundoonen, we use an Australian manufactured Vintek bag-press for controlled and gentle pressing of the wine. The wine process uses heating, cooling and filtration equipment only as necessary to assist in our aim of making hand-made wines using optimized artisanal techniques.

Our red wines are aged in our C.1860s restored barrel shed. The maturation of Mundoonen red wine happens with the passing of time in good quality oak barrels. Our white wine and dessert wine is just as carefully and individually refined. With careful fruit selection and thoughtful wine-making choices we have so far been able to avoid the need to add acid or chemically de-acidify as is common practice in larger wineries. We do not use woodchips, tannin extracts, colour or flavour enhancing enzymes. Our wine is sulphured as lightly as is necessary to preserve the character of wine made from premium grapes.

Tasting notes and cellar door prices

CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2001

$18 per bottle $200 per dozen case

88% hand picked Cabernet Sauvignon
12% hand picked Merlot
100% Canberra District Wine Region fruit
13.5% alc/vol.

Vinified April 2001, 18 months in hogsheads (2/3 new French oak, 1/3 older, unshaven American oak. A harmonious wine with ripe berry, cassis and oak characters, with soft natural tannins and will cellar a further 5 – 7 years.

RIESLING 2002

$27 per bottle $300 per dozen case

Awards

Listed in Top Ten Australian Rieslings at the Hyatt International Riesling Challenge 2005
Gold Medal in Museum Class at the Hyatt International Riesling Challenge 2005
Chief Minister’s Trophy for the Best Canberra District Riesling at the Hyatt International Riesling Challenge 2005
Trophy & Gold Medal, Best Riesling, Canberra Regional Wine Show 2004

100% hand picked Riesling
100% Canberra District Wine Region fruit
12.5% alc/vol.

Vinified April 2002. Sterile filtered and bottled August 2003. Developing honeyed character, a full flavoured Riesling with clear varietal characteristics. This wine will age gracefully in its Stelvin seal.

BOTRYTIS SAUVIGNON BLANC 2006

$25 per bottle $285 per dozen

100% hand picked Sauvignon Blanc
100% Canberra District Wine Region fruit
14.7% alc/vol.

Vinified June-August 2006. This wine was made using the very traditional method of allowing the wine to ferment until the yeasts were overcome by the level of alcohol. The grapes were picked at 42 Brix and there are some residual sugars. It is a sweet, rich and powerful wine.

SHIRAZ ROSÉ 2006

$14 per bottle $150 per dozen

Mundoonen estate grown Shiraz
13% alc/vol.

A traditional ‘one night’ rosé, fermented overnight on the skins and then pressed. Fermented through to dry, but with forward fruit flavours. A nice fruity wine, perfect for summer afternoons, gently chilled.