Moombaki Wines » Awards

Hand-picked reds, a perfect finish to 2009 vintage.

Melissa — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:05:29 +0000

Trying to anticipate the weather gods, and the likelihood of weather forecasts to be accurate indicators of pending weather, can be a stressful task around vintage. Dave spends many hours poring over the weather websites, in an effort to get the grapes off at the best possible time.

It has been a pretty dry year, which has caused the vines a bit of stress (apparently good for flavour profiles as long as the vines don’t start to shut down). So it was with the forecast of an electrical storm, and a big dump of raining coming that we decided it was time to pick.

The baume readings were looking really good (slowly, but surely going up), so plenty of sugar and flavour in the grapes. We put a great team together – mostly friends and family who love a MOOMBAKI drop – and perfect weather ensued for a great day of picking. All up we picked the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec (for that lovely bordeaux style blend) and Shiraz in the one day.

Star of the day had to be our own 14 y.o. Nelson, who hauled the buckets all day and together with James emptied them into the picking bins, equating to handling around 7 1/2 tonnes of fruit!

Invited entry for Tri Nations Wine Challenge

Melissa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:59:16 +0000

MOOMBAKI has been selected to represent Australia in the most prestigious and invite only wine event, the Tri Nations’ Wine Challenge, whereby judges James Halliday, Bob Campbell and Michael Fridjhon each select the finest 7 wines for each of 12 classes to represent their respective countries; Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

This year the judging will take place in Sydney in October with results released early November. Chairman Robert Joseph (esteemed London based writer and show judge) completes the circle and comments:

I have chaired many competitions in many countries. None has ever combined the Tri Nations’ quality of wines and judgement.

Just getting selected for this event is worth celebrating.

The MOOMBAKI 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec has been selected for the Bordeaux Blends category.

James Halliday awards 95 Points out of 100 to Moombaki 2005 Reserve

Melissa — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:08:39 +0000

Stop press.

The word is out. The 2005 Reserve has been awarded a fabulous 95 points in the new James Halliday Wine Companion – our best score yet.

And it is also listed in the front of the book in the Best of the Best in Cabernet Styles.

This score puts us up with some of Australia’s most iconic wines (at a fraction of the price!) This month’s special offer is a great way to get a couple of bottles included in a case at a fantastic price!

You can order 6 for $300. Don’t miss out . . . only 640 bottles remaining.

2005 Moombaki Reserve (6 bottles) $300:

Shipping is free in Australia.

Success at Small Winemakers’ Show

Melissa — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:06:50 +0000

The 2005 Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Malbec has earned itself another Gold medal in the recent Australian Small Winemakers Show.

ASWS is well regarded in the industry as the most prestigious wine show for small winemakers.

The aim of the show is to foster winemaking skills and viticultural practices in small wineries, and to give them an opportunity to compete on a level playing ground.

See the current awards tally.

2005 Moombaki Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot Case (12 bottles) $270:

Shipping is free in Australia.

Ray Jordan Reviews Moombaki in The West

Melissa — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:51:47 +0000

We were given a great rap in The West Australian Magazine by writer Ray Jordan, who described us a “rising star” in his article on the Great Southern.

He gave excellent reviews for our 2005 Shiraz and 2005 Cabernet Blend (which most of you already know about anyway – but it did help bring in a few new customers over the January school holidays).

2005 Moombaki Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot Case (12 bottles) $270 :

2005 Moombaki Shiraz Case (12 bottles) $270: