Cantine Petrosino Grillo 2023

Soumah – South of Maroondah so this wine’s all about place and optimising the conditions to come up with something that speaks for the year, with just a little bit of the winemakers’ inflection. Marzemino is traditionally a Trentino grape that’s robust and full of big, dark fruits, some lovely savoury tones, and chalky tannins. This nails that, but gives just a little Yarra brightness and approachability.

Soumah Single Vineyard Marzemino 2023

A very well regarded bottle in Brunello with a proper structure and traditional style. If it's a super wine from Tuscany, does that make it a Super Tuscan? Maybe not, but it'll give you red cherry-skinned smiles after all sips and a lasting tannin. It's wine like these that made the Tuscan wine store owners upset when I went in and asked for Barolo.

La Magia Il Vispo Sangiovese 2022

Gilbert Picq Chablis 2022

We're big fans of Wachau wines and these vines are grown on gneiss, mica, schist and loam so you get a little bit of all the soil intervention which helps make all the juicy vibrancy balanced.

Alzinger Federspiel Gruner Veltliner 2023

Very violety and full of the floral charm to backup all the red fruited substance, and a little nutty tannin. There's depth and savoury intent, this absolutely punching above it's $. Don't be scared to get a crust on that porterhouse, blanch some spring beans and ubereats in some maccas fries you'll have yourself a grand ól time!

Vine Mind Shiraz & Friends 2022

Pretty peonies and rose petals blossom in every glass so pour, pour, pour away until your heart’s hydrated and the bottle’s empty. Hits with some chalky tannin and a little bright, but fleshy fruit.

Trapeze Pinot Noir 2023

Onannon Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024

Piron Beaujolais-Villages 2023

Pittnauer Pitti Konig Rose 2023

Terre de L elu La Boussole Chenin Blanc 2022

With a little decant Intrinsic settles and comes through bright with boysenberry, pomegranate and some cherry-depth. Owen Latta and his crew have done amazingly well, and made the most of trying weather conditions. This is one to cellar, or enjoy now and it’s punching well above its price point.

Eastern Peake Intrinsic Pinot Noir 2022

Arli Wines Riesling Plus Pet Nat 2024

Juicy goodness that Lofi without being too Lofi. Pressed whole cluster and spends 72 hours on skins, it’s pithy, appley and citrusy in a way that makes you smile and want to eat. We recommend the park, a couch, or a house party as the ideal settings.

Greenhouse Knight Riesling 2023

This feels like the kind of wine to warm you up a little on a spring evening by the river when it just gets a little colder than you thought it would do. With bread, and a basket of cheeses, antipasti and some glasses we think you’ll have an evening to remember and come back for a second bottle.

Sensi Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2022

Classic Yarra Pinot that’s made for us to celebrate all the YV Pinots we love. With all its strawberry, hibiscus, rose and poached rhubarb, this is a brilliant one-size-fits-all wine that can go solo, with a cheese board, or dinner. In the words of Byrne... You’ll guess you must be having fun.

This Must Be The Place Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Recently, a group of us Blackhearts employees found ourselves at a bar after a work event and our wine (and music) mentor bought us a bottle of wine. This is what they bought us and after a thank you cheers, we were all blessed with the bright and vibrant fruits that were juicy but had the kind of depth you won’t find in many bottles of Beaujo, especially at this price.

Jean Marc Lafont (Dom Bel Air) Les Granits Bleus Beaujolais Village 2022

A wine with plenty of complexity that’s bold like a neighbour who never turns the music down, but plays what you love and don’t mind hearing. Fruits are all crunchy and red, but there’s also some blackberry and the tannins are dusty meaning this gets along with a steak – lion’s mane or beef. It also spent just enough time in oak to add a little extra velvet wallpaper.

Amen Break Gravelly Gully Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023

Balance in wine is when the acidity, fruit and tannin all come together in a way that lets everything breathe while you sit back, and notice a new subtlety in each sip. With Amen Break Chardonnay, that means almond meal, pear and some pale stone fruit, with some lees-derived texture and just a drop of new oak spice to keep you aware of the delicate and nuanced drive.

Amen Break Quarry Ridge Chardonnay 2022

Doug sits at about 500m in altitude, making for a cool-climate wine that’s made with Mother Vine 6 fruit – a powerful and robust Pinot Noir clone – you can expect concentrated depth and power that’s engaging, thought-provoking, and silky. This feels like a Pinot to impress with, and one to cellar for a few years at least if you want to see it blossom a little more, we’re always down now or later.