2025 'Sipside' Light Red

Sipside by the poolside, beachside, riverside, deskside, whatever side you like, this wine is perfect to be there and to be sipped.

A warm and dry vintage like 2025 brought Grenache with great flavour and layers of texture, we balanced this out with Vermentino, to bring freshness and create the thirst quenching side to the wine.

Beautifully light, bright, fluorescent cherry colour in the glass. The aromas sing harmoniously, there is so much going on, floral, spice, juicy red fruits, mixed nuts, savoury goodness, if we could bottle this up as a perfume we would. The pallet is straight up raspberries and cherries, the vermentino brings a touch of stone fruit and a nice salinity/minerality! The wine has an incredible balance of acid, flavour and phenolic texture, just perfect for this style of wine. Yum, Yum, Yum! Wow, we are extremely proud of this wine and how we have managed to get balance of red wine and freshness, this wine can be drunk at room temperature or it can be drunk straight out of the fridge, the perfect light red in our eyes!

Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale
Variety: 80% Grenache and 20% Vermentino
Blocks: G2/G8/ Gullyview
Planted: 2009 & 1945
Soil type: Terra Rossa, Red clay on limestone
Picking date: February 4 and 12, 2025
Picking method: Machine and hand harvested 
Time on skins: Vermentino 6 hours, Grenache 2 weeks
Processing: Crush and destemmed
Pressing: Take free run juice and pressings
Cooling / settling: Cold settled off dirt and heavy solids for 5 days
Fermentation: Stainless steel
Aging vessel: A mix of stainless steel and old French oak for 3 months
Filtration: Cross Flow
Fining: No
Alc: 11.8% alc (7 Standard Drinks)

2025 'Sipside' Light Red - 92 points

Gorgeous garnet hues in the glass and dazzling attractive in the clear glass bottle. Sipside is all about easy going enjoyment. Grenache fruit shows in toffee apple and rhubarb, a hint of gummy raspberries lollies. There is blood orange and some Aperol like bitterness that offsets the thirst quenching nature of Vermentino. Some sandy tannins add dimension and the ability for this to pair with anything from pork terrine, to mushroom on toast or chilli potato crisps. I love the way the dry nature of the wine stays, clings with a plummy nature in the mid palate. All the fun and lots of good times ahead with this wine.

Shanteh Wale - Wine Pilot

2025 'Sipside' Light Red - 91 points

Are we in our 'light red' era? I hope so. Here, grenache with a generous glug of vermentino (20%). A deliciously crunchy, savoury expression, with lemon thyme, cranberry, fresh redcurrant and tart raspberry. Snappy tannins lock it all in place. Refreshing, chillable, here for it.

Katrina Butler - Halliday Companion

2025 ‘Sipside' Light Red - 91 points

Dark rose, light red, you choose. Electric garnet colour translates to electric and pretty wine. Crunchy cranberry drink meets pomegranate juice, a touch of wild herbs, white pepper, a tightening of lacy, chakly tannin playing well too. A bit watery, but feels good to get stuck into and delivers as a chilled red.

Mike Bennie - Wine Front