Dalwhinnie & Deep Woods Estate listed in the Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries 2024
We are thrilled that Dalwhinnie has been listed at number 62 and Deep Woods Estate at number 79 in the Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries for 2024 alongside Australia's top producers.
With over 2000 wineries in the country, this is no small feat, and we would like to congratulate all those who were named in the Top 100 this week.
Dalwhinnie - Number 62
"The Jones family founded (the first vines were planted in 1976), owned and ran Dalwhinnie in a cool, elevated site in Victoria’s Pyrenees for over 25 years, before the baton was passed to the Fogarty family and their significant resources. David Jones took over the estate in 1994 from his father, growing the vineyard from 6ha to 20, including planting select blocks with distinctive geological and aspect properties to make discrete cuvées. The site is a series of rippling hillsides planted to shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay. Today, the fruit is in the hands of Julian Langworthy, who heads up the group’s winemaking. Julian is based in Margaret River, leading Deep Woods Estate. It’s a long way from the Pyrenees, but the wines emerging from Dalwhinnie shows just how little tyranny there is in that distance. The latest submissions from the Dalwhinnie vineyard all secured gold-medal ratings, with three of the six wines scoring 97 points, and it feels like they’re just getting started."
Deep Woods Estate - Number 79
"Julian Langworthy is the winemaker across Fogarty Wine Group’s operations, but he made his name at Deep Woods Estate, scooping up an incredible swag of accolades in the process. Those gongs include a Jimmy Watson and being crowned the Halliday Wine Companion Winemaker of the Year in 2019. The Fogarty Group bought the estate in 2005, with Julian coming on board in 2011. In that time, Deep Woods has ascended to the dress circle of top estates. Like many Margaret River estates, the portfolio is relatively expansive, with quality to be found right through to the most modest of price points, but it is the reserve range that secures its reputation as one of the greats."
View the Top 100 here.
