Mulline

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Mulline is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Only the best of Australia’s best wineries are ranked as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.

Mulline has been one of the biggest quality movers on the Australian wine landscape of the past decade. Every wine it makes speaks of excellence. Based in the Geelong wine region in southern Victoria, Mulline doesn’t make a lot of wine but what it makes is of note, or better. These wines are slaying all-comers, everywhere, for their freshness, for their flashes of complex flavour, and for their sheer drinkability. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, (oaked) Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah all excel here. M lupine sources grapes from a range of growers in its region and does so, routinely, to compelling effect.

Update: Having just tasted the Mulline Portarlington Chardonnay 2024 ($62) I’m more convinced than ever that we’re onto a great thing with Mulline.

Mulline is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery – the highest honour awarded by Australian wine critic Campbell Mattinson. 10-Star status recognises one thing: the quality of the wine in the glass, every glass, across the range. The full list of 10-Star Wineries constitutes Australia's Best Wineries.

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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