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Winery Millbrook Winery has received a 5 star rating in the James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2012 Edition. The Millbrook 2009 Limited Release Shiraz was rated 96 points, the Millbrook 2010 Limited Release Chardonnay 94 points and the Millbrook 2008 Estate Shiraz Viognier 94 points. The Barking Owl Shiraz Viognier 2009 was awarded GOLD at The Shanghai International Wine Challenge 2011 held in September 2011 in Shanghai. It was one of 21 Gold Medals awarded, only one of 5 from Australia, and the only Gold Medal awarded to a Western Australian wine! Restaurant Don't miss the next edition of the new James Halliday Wine Companion Magazine, to be released early in the New Year, featuring Head Chef Guy Jeffreys and the Millbrook Restaurant. The Millbrook Restaurant was rated No 6 in the Top 10 Regional WA restaurants in the Australian Gourmet Traveller 2012 Restaurant Awards.
The Millbrook Restaurant was the winner in the 2011 Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence in the category Restaurant in a Winery, Metro WA, and is a finalist in the National Awards for Excellence.
Millbrook was the winner of the 2010 Gold Plate Award in the category "Tourist Restaurant Country" in Western Australia and a finalist in the category of "Best Restaurant within a Winery, Perth and Surrounds". In addition, Kathryn Buttfield, our Restaurant Supervisor, was awarded the prestigious 2010 Bill Thompson Award for Excellence in Service. Millbrook was awarded one of the Best Wine Country Eats in WA in the Australian Gourmet Traveller 2011 Restaurant Awards. "Chef Guy Jeffreys is putting estate-grown heirloom vegies to good use." In The West Australian Good Food Guide 2011, the Millbrook Winery Restaurant was awarded 15/20 (= solid food and service, few faults). "Impressively perched overlooking a lake, forest and vineyard, this restaurant is a joy to behold. The estate grows many of their own vegetables, herbs and fruit as well as olives and honey. The rich flavours of the duck are amplified by its tangy plum sauce. Catalan cream, chocolate mousse and toffee orange is a serious dessert lover's dish. You can't really ask for more." |
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Vintage Experience & Degustation Lunch, Saturday 18 February 2012 $99 per person
This is your chance to visit Millbrook Winery for the day and spend time in the vineyard with the Vineyard Manager, John Fogarty, and in the winery with the Senior Winemaker, Damian Hutton. You will learn about the “terroir” (coming together of soil, climate, aspect and vine), trellis design, varietal choice, the vineyard cycle, harvesting of fruit and the importance of the vineyard. To conclude the day, you will enjoy a delicious degustation lunch served with a range of new release wines. To book for this event, please download the registration form>>
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Please download the latest version of the Millbrook Cellar Club Newsletter below.
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To view the awards for both our Millbrook and Barking Owl wines, please click below.
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Winestate Special Edition, January 2012 Barking Owl 2011 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon **** Sweaty gooseberry aromas and nicely textured palate driven by tropical sav blanc characters with balancing sweetness and a long finish. James Halliday, The Australian, November 2011 Top 100 Wines Millbrook 2011 Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc This Perth Hills winery is owned by Peter Fogarty, along with Deep Woods in Margaret River, Smithbrook in Pemberton and Lake’s Folly in the Hunter Valley. Pale straw-green, the bouquet offers lifted passionfruit and tropical aromas, but is overshadowed by the notably intense palate, adding ripe citrus and grass/herb flavours; very good balance and length. Remarkable value for money. 96/100 SCOOP, Summer 2011 2010 Millbrook Limited Release Chardonnay – GOLD 18.8 Winemaker Damian Hutton is quietly achieving great results in the Perth Hills Millbrook winery. This wine, crafted from a single vineyard in Geographe, is a case in point. Natural fermentation in oak plus lees stirring has resulted in a textural wine of impressive intensity, which shows complex aromas of oatmeal, toasted nuts and gunflint. Winestate, May/June 2011 Best of the West 2009 Millbrook Viognier **** Big up-front varietal that is full, ripe and very rich, with a lovely unctuous, visceral texture and exhibiting some alcohol heat.
2009 Millbrook Limited Release Viognier **** Real persistence and intensity of warm, mushy apricot and ripe peach varietal fruit. Lovely visceral mouthfeel with balancing phenolics.
2009 Millbrook Limited Release Chardonnay ***** Another intense and complex chardonnay exhibiting power and richness with very good depth of varietal fruit aromas and flavours all nicely underscored by some great cashew-like oak.
2009 Barking Owl Shiraz Viognier ««««½ Beautiful wine – great colour and lovely rich, ripe sweet blackberry aromas with a spicy edge. Palate offers a big mouthful of black jube flavours and excellent tannin structure.
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