ARFION
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ARFION
Arfion simply means “Our Wine” in Scottish Gaelic.
Originally from New Zealand, Dave Mackintosh established Arfion with his father Brian and brother Jimmy in 2011.
The time was right to build a small independent wine business, where we can be hands on, free to take some risks, and make wines that we truly love. Dave has been obsessed with making wine since ’98 and respects numerous styles. This has driven Arfion to mix things up to create classic, single site, single variety expressions as well as multi-vineyard blends and lo-fi offerings.
Sourcing grapes from highly skilled, sustainable growers from across the Yarra, we take care in making sure the site and variety are in harmony throughout the season. Low impact winemaking adds layers of flavour and texture and allows us to exhibit our own thumbprint.
Our wines are intuitive, evolving styles, that reflect the many connections between vineyard, variety and vintage.
We do abide by one rule. All wines must deliver good times.
100 % Yarra Valley.
Fresh, textured and delicious.
In the Yarra Valley, our soils produce a style of wine that naturally sits between the styles of our old world counterparts of Italy and France.
We call this wine Pinot grigio because it’s dry with an acid backbone and a savoury, moreish character.
It exhibits red apple, brown pear, rose and spicy cinnamon aromas with a hint of baked pastry goodness. The palate is dry, savoury and textural with preserved lemon rind, fennel and pear flavours.
RRP $27 - Volume 555 cases
Our Spring Pinot is a vibrant style that is made to be consumed early, fresh and lightly chilled.
It is bright yet has dark edges, lifted campari, red/blue fruits and earthy aromas with a juicy, vibrant mouthfeel and tannin.
RRP $30 - Volume 222 cases
Pinot Noir grown and fashioned for the sole purpose of creating a delicious, textured rose that is the perfect drink for our climate and lifestyle.
Naturally light pink in colour, our rose shows spicy red berry and creamy aromatics. A savoury dry style with pomegranate and red apple flavours leading to a long fresh finish.
RRP $27 - Volume 346 cases
Chardonnay is the number one white variety in the Yarra Valley.
Year in and year out our soils produce wines that are both attractive when young and incredibly complex when carefully cellared for over 10 years.
Because of this strong synergy between variety and region, if we get the picking date right, then the rest naturally falls into place.
Our 2020 Chardonnay shows baked apples, just ripe nectarine and white flower aromatics with savoury notes of shortcrust pastry and roasted almonds.
A chalky, briny style with a moreish mouthfeel and grapefruit acid finish.
$40 RRP - Volume 104 cases
Full Moon Vineyard – Gladysdale – Upper Yarra – Yarra Valley.
Fresh cherry and poached strawberry are followed by brown spice, toast and floral aromatics. The palate runs from a lush inviting front to flavours of black tea and a light char. The vintage has produced a beautiful tannin balance and a long, fine finish.
We work with Simon Harte at the Full Moon Vineyard in the Upper Yarra Valley.
21 year old vines are grown on chocolate coloured volcanic soils on a gentle west facing slope in Gladysdale. This immaculate vineyard is tendered to like a garden.
It’s a marginal subregion for grape growing but with careful vineyard management these vines have produced pristine and powerful fruit.
Volume 198 dozen
