Fraser Gallop Estate Wines

Fraser Gallop Estate 2011 Winery Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

The Semillon portion provides notable structure and texture to the blend, and the barrique fermented Semillon/ Sauvignon Blanc portion adds length, texture and structure to the wine. The brightness and lightness of this wine make it a paragon of the style.

Fraser Gallop Estate 2011 Winery Chardonnay

The Winery Chardonnay is a new addition to the Fraser Gallop Estate range. It has less oak and emphasises the crisp pristine fruit flavours of our Gin-Gin clone chardonnay coming from a very special site.

This chardonnay is more complex than the usual “un-oaked” chardonnay by the number of techniques used in the making of it. The best way to explain this wine is to say it is more “Chablis” in style - a leaner more acidic style with minimal oak influence and no Malolactic Fermentation and mostly fermented in steel tanks or older oak barrels. These wines more truly reflect the terroir as they don't have other winemaking artefacts like new oak, high solids, malolactic, lots of lees stirring flavours to hide behind.

Wine lovers will now have choice as to which wine to pair with their meals. I know I will be shucking oysters with this one, and matching abalone with the Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre chardonnay.

Fraser Gallop Estate 2010 Winery Cabernet Merlot

The style of Cabernet Merlot we are making at Fraser Gallop Estate is a wine that has greater freshness from a short barrel maturation and good concentration of flavour that comes naturally from dry grown Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. The result is a sumptuous blend that drinks well early however can be cellared for a short period of 4-6 years. The blending of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot has been proven in Margaret River’s short history and elsewhere, such as Bordeaux where the blend originated. The varieties work so well because structural tannins of Cabernet are tamed by the inherent mid-palate richness and softness of the Merlot grape.

Fraser Gallop Estate 2010 Parterre Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 6 bottle case

The Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre is very different to the usual fruit-driven, drink now style Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blancs. It has been inspired by the white wines of Bordeaux, wines which do not rely on primary fruit flavours but have layers of complexity and interest from the use of techniques such as barrel fermentation, wild yeast and time on lees. In November 2008, we held a tasting looking at seven of Bordeaux’s best white wines alongside seven Australian Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends made in the more complex style. Olivier Bernard of Domaine de Chevalier travelled from France for the event and bought with him a vertical of his Bordeaux Blancs going back to 1979. This tasting demonstrated to us a number of things, firstly just how intriguing, complex and well structured these wine can be, secondly that this style makes a much better food wine than the more simple fruit driven styles of SSB, and finally the outstanding ageing ability of these wines. It is these factors which have inspired us to make the Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre. 70 % Semillon 30% Sauvignon Blanc

The name “Parterre” has a double meaning for us at Fraser Gallop Estate. In front of the main house is a beautifully manicured parterre garden, formal and intricate designed hedges that are best viewed from above. The translation of parterre from Latin is ‘on the earth’ similar to the word ‘terroir’ in French.

Fraser Gallop Estate 2010 Parterre Chardonnay

The 2010 Chardonnay from Fraser Gallop Estate is one we are very excited about as a few small changes in the winemaking and vineyard have resulted in what we consider to be our best Chardonnay yet.

Fraser Gallop Estate 2009 Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon

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2010 Margaret River Wine Show - Winner of two trophies - Best Single Vineyard Estate Red and Best Red of the Show.
A beautiful combination of the last two releases. The 2007 being a forward, fruit driven style and the 2008 restrained and elegant.

Fraser Gallop Estate 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon MAGNUM

International Trophy winner at the 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards !
The 2007 vintage, the first under the direction of winemaker Clive Otto, has been a defining moment in the Fraser Gallop Estate history.
The inspiration for the 2007 Fraser Gallop Estate Cabernet Sauvignon was taken from some of the great wines of Bordeaux. The aim was to use a number of techniques to emphasise complexity in a single vineyard wine, to make a wine that allows the fruit to shine, complemented by premium oak, while maintaining great structure and finesse. This has been done by the addition of small amounts of Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec, and the use of a number of different techniques during fermentation of the Cabernet Sauvignon.