Wimbledon has a way of separating the showmen from the greats. The serve-and-smash brigade light up the early rounds, but come the second week it's the players with patience, craft and a longer game who are still standing on the grass. Nick Farr has been winning that way for three decades, quietly, methodically, in a cool corner of the Moorabool Valley, and the result is a name now ranked among Australian wine's finest.
This July release is that same patient craft in a bottle, across two seasons caught at the top of their game. The 2025 whites come from what Nick calls the highest-malic-acid vintage in a decade, wines of real power wrapped around a signature line of tension, focus and fine austerity that only sharpens with time. The 2024 reds are drawn from a cooler year he likens to the great 2016: composed, concentrated and high-toned, with an elegance only a patient season delivers.
The pinots remain the headline act. Huon Hooke rates them deeper and more structured than most Australian examples, with "more in common with the bigger end of Grand Cru Burgundy", without ever surrendering their perfume, fruit and elegance. Around them sit a taut, mineral, ageworthy Chardonnay and a cool-climate Shiraz that trades brute power for spice and detail.
The best never rush a winner. Stock is available now, but allocations are tight, so get your orders in early.
