Paynes Rise Wines
Our wines are a product of exemplary vineyard management and passionate winemaking.
Payne's Rise hand harvest the fruit when the combination of fruitfulness, flavour and acidity are in balance. We aim to allow the site, terroir and vintage variation to express itself in our fruit.
Our wines reflect the fruit complexity that this Upper Yarra Valley cool climate can deliver.
Ordering our wines
Please see our range of wines below or: visit our order form, or download our wine order form (36kb PDF).
Paynes Rise Red Wine Varietals
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
(Close Planted) $25
Bronze Medal, 2006 Victorian Wine Show
A medium red-purple colour, with classic aromas of cassis and blackberry with a hint of spice.
The complex palate exhibits rich berry flavours and lingering tannins.
2009 Cabernet Sauvignon
(Close Planted)$22
Silver Medal, 2010 Victorian Wine Show
Aromas of blackcurrant, cherry, mint, herbs and dusty oak. The palate is medium weight with blackcurrant, cherry, olive and herbs. A fruit driven wine with firm acid and tannin structure.
2010 Redlands Shiraz $26
True cool climate shiraz, with peppery red fruits and spice. It has a fruity mid-palate with soft tannins, balanced acidity and a persistent spicy finish.
Best Shiraz - 2011 Yarra Valley Wine Show
Best Single Vineyard Wine - 2011 Yarra Valley Wine Show
Paynes Rise White Wine Varietals
2008 Chardonnay $20
The wine displays white peach and nectarine with hints of cashew and spice.
The palate is tight and refined, has a clean fine acid, mineral structure with flavours of white peach, nectarine and citrus.
A spicy nutty complexity is added to the palate and nose, derived from yeast lees stirring and barrel ferments.
2010 Chardonnay $20
Primary stonefruit aromas of nectarine & peach, with some added spicy savoury complexity from barrel work. The palate is tight & focussed with a clean line of acidity, and a convincing dry grapefruit and lime finish.
2009 Sauvignon Blanc $18
Silver Medal, 2010 National Cool Climate Wine Show.
Bronze Medal, 2010 Australian Small Wine Makers Show.
Bronze Medal 2010, Victorian Wine Show
Grassy, citrus and gooseberry tropical fruit characters, texture and complexity are added by barrel fermentation in old oak, and balanced by clean acidity.