Ben Haines
“It was back in 2003 that I began making my own single vineyard wines – not for commercial release but rather as a personal fascination with the idea of interpreting places through winemaking. The first was a rustic cool climate Cabernet Sauvignon from a stunning vineyard in Clarendon Hills, teetering on the border of the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale. The following season, 2004, the allure of Shiraz from Langhorne Creek took hold. This was the beginning of my vineyard exploration.
“Each vintage, each season, my senses are illuminated by the pervasive beauty of nature presenting itself, and amazingly, offering a humbling opportunity in return for me to share. I feel so connected to this. There is so much beauty and honesty in wine. It offers a true window into a special period of time like a hedonistic time capsule that can be revisited, shared, pondered and enjoyed at any time with food and friends.” –Ben Haines
Ben Haines is a boutique winemaker in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. He is a bit different from the estate wineries in the Little Peacock portfolio, as his focus is to source grapes from “magic dirt” of different origins year-to-year and season-to-season.
The vineyards he chooses are those possessing great interest, charm and depth, and that capture a sense of mystique. Ben’s base is the Yarra Valley, where he formerly worked as winemaker for Yering Station before moving to the Grampians to be head winemaker at the historic Mt Langi Ghiran winery. Having trained in viticulture, he pays close attention to what’s happening in each vineyard throughout the growing season. His wines are intensely textural with flavors continuing to develop sip after sip. Fruit is expressive, structure is present without being constraining.
From around Victoria, Ben crafts single-vineyard expressions of Roussanne, Marsanne, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah.
Wines
‘Everyday’ Amber..
Fresh, barely ripe exotic fruits, savoury spices, jalapeno coolness, with wild texture for the tactile feels. A skin-contact wine that is both complex & individual, yet so approachable you want to drink it ‘everyday’.
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Douglas Schofield’s painting ‘Hen in the garden’ 2022 is featured on benhaineswine recently released 2021 ‘A Hope For The Times Syrah’ from their Design series🍷✨
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Douglas Schofield
‘Hens in the garden’ 2022
acrylic and oil on canvas
51 x 41 cm
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Wine Wednesday!! ✨
What better way to fake spring than with a zippy delicious white!? 🤩
This delicious everyday white wine from Ben Haines will have everyone dreaming of warmer weather for some porch sipin’!
A fun Australian white blend of Riesling, Semillon, and Viognier. Wonderful texture with citrus, floral and a refreshing bit of herbal notes. Soaked on skins for 4 days prior to pressing. 😎 Unfined and unfiltered. #getit
Nestled in the heart of Fitzroy North, 342 Rae Street home of winemakers Ben & Jacqueline benhaineswine is one fabulous inner city pad and as Ben & Jac tell me, it’s a special home for those who love entertaining!
Easy to enjoy, stylish accommodation with a flexible floor plan and an awesome ROW access into a garage this 3 bed 2 bath pocket rocket is a 10 when it comes to buying the perfect balance of size and location. A stroll from Edinburgh Gardens and Brunswick Streets many delights this is real estate worth toasting to🍷 .
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2020 BEN HAINES Grampians Syrah
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Cool climate Syrah from our friend Ben.
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Sweet scents of red berries, cocoa and subtle spice. Evocative and seductive. The palate migrates to a much darker place. Weighted, an anchor of intense flavour, tannins and body draw you to the depths of contemplation and escape.
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Deep, dark, dramatic notes of blueberry, blackberry and chocolate linger and mellow to a smooth end. Seemingly shy, but opens generously to shower you in love.
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A vino to support you in all your feels this season. Coveted, for Cancer.
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Attributes
DEEP, DARK, EVOCATIVE
We’re loving getting into our cellar after a nine-month hiatus growing a small human...
This wine takes us to Beechworth with uber-talented and all-round good guy benhaineswine
2016 ‘Firelights’ Syrah. It grabs you from the first whiff. There’s sweet, broody red and black fruit, spice, anise and crushed rock. Palate is zingy yet balanced, soft yet assertive, understated yet complex.
Perfect match for our medium-rare scotchy’s and some crappy winter weather. Great work Ben!
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Explorando #Vinos Australianos 🇦🇺 🍷🍷 En la region de Victoria en el sur de #Australia, a los alrededores de #Melbourne, encontramos subregiones como Geelong, Gippsland, Yarra Valley y Mornington Peninsula ofreciendo deliciosos Pinot Noir. Otras subregiones como #Heathcote, #Grampians y Sunbury con fabulosos #Shiraz. Tambien Rutherglen conocida por su Espumantes Shiraz. Por ultimo King Valley famoso por su version de #Prosecco y variedades de uvas Italianas como Sangiovese, Barbera y Nebbiolo. Esta region tambien produce un exquisito vino dulce elaborado con uvas #Muscat🍷🍷🍇🍇🇦🇺🇦🇺 -
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When you need a break from home cooking... support your local #parrothouse #roastduck #roastpork #neverfailstodeliver #supportyourlocal
Roast pork and this “Alto Alto” Field blend working a treat!!! When you’re sick of lining up at Dans or LL & want something a little different, handcrafted & made with love .... support your local - “Community Vignerons” 6 pack. 6 producers across regional Victoria have come together to offer this great value pack - RRP $180 Our price $150
Free delivery - to your door. How good is that!
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The Wines:
2018 Athletes of wine Alto Alto
2019 Ben Haines Chardonnay
2016 Caviste Syrah
2019 Fleet Rose
2019 Jackson Brooke Pinot Meunier
2018 Valentine Grenache
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A warming and rich welcome back to Australia. This Ben Haines Volta Brackets Marsanne from Yarra Valley encapsulated everything that I have been missing these past 5 years. Hedonistic and mouthfilling with incredible stone fruit and orchard flowers. However not lacking one bit in fresh, lifting acidity and left me wanting more.... And more and more
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🇦🇺 Ben Haines Rendition Nebbiolo 2015 | Pyrenees, Victoria 🍷
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The second wine opened last week with wineworthwritingabout was this 2015 vintage Nebbiolo from winemaker Ben Haines. Now, I thought the lpmwine Amphora Saperavi (in my previous post) would take the cake for time on skins at 193 days, but I was way off! 🤯
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For this striking #Nebbiolo, grapes were sourced from the Malakoff vineyard in the Landsborough district of the Pyrenees (Victoria). Fruit was fermented, with a massive 383 days on skins, before being basket pressed to large, old oak barrels for another 10 months, prior to bottling.
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Notes 1 and 2 days from opening: On the nose, overripe crushed strawberry, ripe cherry 🍓and an earthy, mushroom funk 🍄 lead to a palate that’s quite literally packed with bright red fruit (red cherry🍒and strawberry again, redcurrant), notes of cherry liqueur and raspberry. Persistent but fine, powdery and drying tannins meet with crunchy, fresh acidity, leading into a tail that’s got a bit of residual, lingering sweetness. It’s simultaneously light and resoundingly complex, with the extended skin contact adding layers of flavour, complexity and intrigue. 🤔 Very enjoyable stuff from benhaineswine. 🤙🏼