AVAILABLE 21 OCTOBER 2025
OPTUME | A MASTERPIECE IN WINE
The 2025 release Optume wines are the ultimate expression of cool climate wines, meticulously handmade and produced without regard to vineyard location, cost or effort. The resulting wine is this Optume: The pinnacle of what we are capable of.
Discover our new release 2022 Optume Chardonnay and 2021 Optume Shiraz below.
Our Optume wines embody the sum of our people and of our work, showcasing years of meticulous effort by our winemaker Paul Bridgeman to create a wine expressing the Yarra Valley. We have looked beyond the horizon of our own vineyards to pull together an assemblage of hand-sorted grapes sourced from individual Yarra Valley sites. The combination of terroirs allows for more nuanced flavours and complexity, with the outcome an outstanding new benchmark in wine.
The rarity of these wines results from the pulling together of the strengths and expressions of a small number of select grapes. Each parcel of fruit was expressly designated for predicted contributions they have towards the final blend.
The end result is a masterpiece in wine. Each bottle or limited edition 6 pack case is accompanied by an individually numbered key that unlocks the magnificent contents inside your wine's hand-made timber box.
NEW RELEASE OPTUME WINES
The outstanding 2022 vintage provided ideal conditions for us to present a complete regional expression of Chardonnay, drawn from across the breadth of the Yarra Valley. Grapes were hand-picked over 15 days from four select clones across six blocks spanning three individual vineyard sites. This diversity of source, rising from the central valley floor to the higher, cooler, later-ripening upper Yarra, allows for a wine that transcends the personality of any single vineyard. Combining volume, intensity and weight with focus, elegance and restraint, this enticing slow-building fuller-bodied Chardonnay is the meeting of individual strengths and site expressions. It leads with an aromatic intensity of tangerine, sumac, fennel pollen, makrut leaf, chamomile, bread dough, spun sugar, crème anglaise and gun smoke, underpinned by grapefruit pith, slate and petrichor. The complex, textural palate delivers richness with precision, unfurling into a long and persistent finish that speaks to both the power and refinement of the region. A wine of presence and poise, worthy of decanting in its youth and with 15+ years of ageing potential.
The 2021 vintage delivered ideal conditions for the fourth release of our Optume Shiraz. Sourced from six premium Yarra Valley sites, this wine embodies the region’s cool-climate character and typicity in a complete, unified expression. Aromatically brooding yet refined, it layers red and black fruits with savoury spice, loganberry, cranberry, plum compote, white pepper, clove, black lime and porcini broth. The palate is juicy and slow-building, with elegance balanced by density, and a long finish framed by finely pixelated tannins. Decanting is recommended when young.
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