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.
Payne’s Rise employs traditional winemaking techniques. Our reds include open ferments, hand plunging and maturation in premium French oak barriques.
Paynes Rise Red Wine Varietals
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
(Close Planted)$22
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.
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
(close planted) $22
The 2006 season provided perfect conditions for high quality cabernet fruit.
The wine provides aromas of dark berries and plums.
The palate is medium to full bodied with fine tannins and flavours of berries, cedar and spice.
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Paynes Rise White Wine Varietals
2005 Chardonnay $22
Gold Medal, 2007 Australian Small Winemakers Show
Silver medal 2007 Yarra Valley Wine Show
Bronze Medal, 2006 Victorian Wine Show
This Chardonnay typically exhibits the intensely flavoured fruit characteristics of a cool growing season in the Upper Yarra Valley. Nectarine and Peach fruit flavours blend with French Oak to provide a rich mouthfeel.
2006 Chardonnay $17
Intense fruit is balanced with toasty oak adding to the complexity.
Firm acid provides further structure combined with primary fruit characters.
Excellent length and texture.
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.
2008 Sauvignon Blanc $18
Lively and zesty. Provides a lingering and refreshing finish.
This unoaked savvy maintains the true varietal characters of the site and will make great summer drinking.