The Ox Hardy range of wines represent a rare and precious combination of people, vineyard, history and winemaking provenance.
Andrew ‘Ox’ Hardy is one of Australia’s most respected winemakers and his family’s Upper Tintara Vineyard is one of Australia’s most important viticultural assets. The Vineyard’s last remaining 2.54ha block of 1891 Ancestor Vines, planted by Andrew’s great-great grandfather Thomas Hardy, are some of Australia’s oldest and most valuable. And Andrew’s library of wines made from the family’s vineyard over the past two decades, but cellared and hidden from the public until the first release in 2019, demonstrate the quality and age-worthiness of these special releases.
Each element of the Ox Hardy range of wines are precious in their own right, but the circumstances that have finally brought them together makes them a treasure of the Australian wine industry.
$179.90
Deep and intense with a tinge of purple.
Blackberry and dark fruits, with hints of cherry-brandy and star anise.
Rich, generous and full-bodied.
Deep, dark fruits, opulent and succulent.
Fine, supple tannins lead through to a persistently long finish.
$24.90
Light straw. Powerful with notes or ripe citrus, nashi pear and blossoms.
Beautifully fresh with crisp minerality.
The mid-palate is textural and balanced, with generous notes of orchard fruits.
Great length of flavour.
$32.90
Clear, bright, light crimson purple. Crisp and lively florals, roses and lavender.
Red berries, a touch of cinnamon and strawberry, with a hint of spicy stalk.
Juicy, opulent red fruits and a lovely warming spice.
Sweet, bright cherries compliment soft, abundant chalky tannins.
Great length of flavour.
$32.90
Deep inky ruby in colour.
Generous and elegant; bright notes of blackberry and dark plum.
Good backbone of acid before a savoury finish showing hints of black pepper and dark chocolate.
Drying tannins.
$64.90
Deep, rich intense purple.
Bold and lively, hints of spice and florals.
Intense blackberry, raspberry and rich dark liquorice.
Medium-bodied with grippy, powdery tannins that move through to a long, smooth finish
$499.90 $569.70
Deep and intense with a tinge of purple.
Blackberry and dark fruits, with hints of cherry-brandy and star anise.
Rich, generous and full-bodied.
Deep, dark fruits, opulent and succulent.
Fine, supple tannins lead through to a persistently long finish.