Oakridge

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

For couple of decades or more Giaconda Chardonnay and Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay were the co-captains of Australian chardonnay. These two wines sat at the top of the Australian chardonnay hierarchy in the same way that the Beatles and the Stones once did in music. We’re talking hierarchy here rather than the individual performance of any given wine in any given year. In recent times though it has become overwhelmingly clear that the co-captains of Australian chardonnay have become a holy trinity. Giaconda, Leeuwin Estate and Oakridge.

Oakridge has not made this leap by accident, or in haste. Oakridge has built an elaborate reputation for the quality of its chardonnay over the course of a couple of decades. It has done so by championing quality, to an extreme degree, and by staunch advocacy of individual vineyards. Oakridge 864 Chardonnay has named its vineyard source on the front label since 2011, and has been a superb wine every year (incredibly given its single site/single region origin) since 2004.

In the wide world of chardonnay Oakridge has established a reputation for greatness.

What has also become clear over the past decade though is that Oakridge is a high-level producer of all the grape varieties in its orbit. Its Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Syrah are of particular note. Oakridge’s 864 Close-Planted Syrah 2022 is a case in point. As is the Oakridge 864 Winery Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2022. As is the Oakridge 864 Henk Vineyard Aqueduct Block Pinot Noir 2022.

Oakridge Mattinson Ten Star Winery file: here.

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Campbell Mattinson is the former Chief Editor of Halliday, and is the founder of The Winefront. He’s authored six books, has won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year award twice, and has been a journalist since 1987. He is also a commercial photographer.