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2025 Decades Coal River Pinot Noir
Offer: $79
"Our 2025 Pinot Noir has all the classic blue fruits that come from the Coal River Valley’s unique black clay soil. The fruit characters are dense, with a touch of Campari spice aroma, from the small whole bunch parcel. The region does fruit density exceptionally well, but we’ve tried to tease out a little perfume delicacy.
The fruit was hand-picked in two parcels. The first parcel fermented entirely as whole bunches. The second was de-stemmed, then cold soaked for 5 days before a slow wild fermentation. Both parcels were pressed into small seasoned French oak for malolactic fermentation and left on lees for 9 months.
The wine was bottled on 4th February 2026 and is limited to only 350 cartons."
- Producer Note
Latest Release MMAD
Blewitt Springs, South Australia
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2026 MMAD Rosé
Offer: $39
"... a blend of all estate varieties – grenache, shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and chenin blanc – but it is noticeably different to the two other iterations. Evolution. And good for it. The cabernet sinks into the background this time, letting the red fruits take the stage – cranberry, wild raspberry, sour cherry. It’s textural, and with remarkable intensity for the freshness. On the palate, flavours of poached pear, red florals, dried Mediterranean herbs and subtle souk spices enter the picture. The finish is chewy, sapid and long, with older oak and mlf adding complexity. Oh, and the colour, a classically pale rose gold. A serious rosé as it warms a little, but also just a charming drink at a brisk temperature." 96Pts. - Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion
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2025 MMAD Chenin
Offer: $48
"The evolution of this wine never ceases to interest and amaze me, there is incremental texture and chiselled edges to the wine wrapped in this slinky, saline and mineral driven package. Pomelo, buddhas hand, citrus and yellow plum. Pumice stone and white pepper. Some fennel seeds too. There is a coating to this wine, not quite oily but slick in nature, it sticks to the sides of your palate before rumbling down like a steam train of power with innate acidity and drive. Another exceptional release..." 97Pts. - Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot
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2024 MMAD Grenache
Offer: $69
"... seduction in a glass. Tea rose, sweet pea and framboise rise from the glass, followed by an evocative turn into a Chinese tea shop: oolong, burdock root and fine spice. There’s an otherworldly finesse on the palate, where silty, time-worn tannins settle into place with quiet authority. Acidity pulls back like a gathering tide before surging forward with freshness and energy, giving the wine both tension and lift. The fruit and shape reminds you of its Grenache but not like anything you have had before. This is truly special in every way... Remarkable wine." 98Pts. - Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot
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2024 MMAD Shiraz
Offer: $69
"... Some whole bunch, concrete and oak vat for ferment, then raised in older, larger oak, as usual. Saint-Joseph resonances. Evocatively aromatic and spicily so. Smoky, darkly mineral. Blackberry pastille, tapenade, lavender, grilled game meat, crème de violette, iodine and nori, star anise, ground clove, allspice, green and black peppercorns, malted barley, freshly ground coffee, powdery rust. Like the grenache, the nose holds such intrigue, demands attention. That’s matched by the silky flow of the old-vine fruit on the palate and the superfine natural tannin. This is blisteringly good, again." 97+Pts. - Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion
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Latest Release Stargazer
Coal River Valley, Tasmania
Samantha Connew is one of Australia’s great wine makers. In her day job as winemaker for Pressing Matters and also with her own Stargazer label, she is crafting some of the elite pinot noir, chardonnay and riesling of the country. This release of wines includes what I believe is a groundbreaking riesling for Australia (fermented in concrete and ceramic eggs) - enjoy! Cheers, Randall.
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2025 Stargazer Riesling
Offer: $39
This is a more traditional Aussie Riesling, fermented in stainless steel. It has amazing drive and vitality, but also a little exoticism from the wild ferment. The texture is much finer that of the single site expression without the palpable phenolic texture. The freshness, balance, fruit-salad of flavours and mineral finish all combine masterfully. A bargain for all this delivers!
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2025 Stargazer Palisander Riesling
Offer: $49
A powerful, dry riesling fermented in ceramic and concrete egg for a unique, leesy and textural riesling with all the markers of Coal River expression. The fruit comes exclusively from Stargazer's Palisander vineyard in the tea tree subregion of Coal River Valley, planted in 2002 on brown dermosol on Jurassic dolerite. Hand-picked, destemmed and left on on contact with skns for more than 12 hours prior to gentle pressing; wild fermented in concrete and ceramic eggs (25%) before finishing with a 10-month snooze on lees. Owner and vigneron samantha Connew is very pleased with this eight iteration of the wine, describing its nose as a 'combination of wild fennel seed and bay leaf spice overlaid with some white blossom waxiness.' Expect a supercharged palate balanced with a 'custard apple generosity,' with no hard eges but rather a sherbetty, fruit-inflected finish.
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2025 Stargazer Chardonnay
Offer: $69
This staff-favourite chardonnay sources its fruit from Palisander vineyard in Coal River Valley, plus high-quality grapes from growers in Richmond and Penna. The Stargazer plot was established in 2017 on primarily brown dermosol on Jurassic dolerite, south facing. Vinification sees hand-picked, whole bunch pressed for a 100% wild ferment in Mercurey French oak puncheons, 23% of which are new. Full malolactic and no lees stirring, left in barrel for 10 months before blended in tank for 8 weeks until bottled. Owner and vigneron Samantha Connew describes the 2025 as a fresh, lemon zesty wine typical of Coal River with distinct floral notes of tea tree and manuka.
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2025 Stargazer Pinot Noir
Offer: $69
This is another stunning and alluring single site expression from Coal River Valley. The colour is vivid, almost electric, and the bouquet is lifted, vibrantly alive and brimming with berry fruit, amaro herbs (like Campari) and sweet Asian spices. Some new oak aroma and flavour, although 20% of the 500lt barrels were new, is firmly buried beneath the fruit intensity. Flavours are fresh, super-youthful and juicy; with red cherry, small strawberry, raspberry pulp and pomegranate to the fore, with the 20% whole bunch stemmy / herbal complexity way in the background. This is a precision balanced wine, with generosity and power, but also a reticence and reserve. I want to see this wine many times through the next decade! - Cheers, Randall.
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