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The winery is led by the Farr family, including patriarch Gary Farr and his son Nick Farr, who are both highly regarded for their winemaking expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"by-farr-gc-chardonnay-2021","title":"By Farr GC Chardonnay 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion: \u003c\/strong\u003eGeelong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety: \u003c\/strong\u003eChardonnay  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the glass:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The RP Pinot Noir (RP – Robyn Pamela) is in recognition of the matriarch. It is not only thesupport and goffering that Robyn has endured for Gary’s 40 year career. She has been in thevineyard and planted the first vines, driven the tractors, filled barrels and pigeaged at midnight.If we are ever a man down Robyn has always been the first one we have called to fill the void.You can always count on mum. This wine is pretty and so very perfumed. The cote sites simply produce amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate.’\u003cstrong\u003e NICK FARR, WINEMAKER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming: \u003c\/strong\u003eSustainable \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVegan Friendly: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40419647422487,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5756\/6999\/files\/unnamed-5_ef14e05a-69f7-4ec6-8e78-dc616c860766.png?v=1730871826"},{"product_id":"by-farr-tout-pres-pinot-noir-2021","title":"By Farr Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geelong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety: \u003c\/strong\u003ePinot Noir \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the glass:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tout pres vineyard is a terribly good site. Apart from being photogenic, and physically demanding to prune, harvest and generally take care of, the wine that is produced from this daunting site is always terrific. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is laid across the gentle slope past the winery overlooking the moorabool valley. It’s barely an arms width between rows, and most of the work has to be undertaken while hunched. It is no friend to tall people, or particularly wide people either. Thankfully through struggle comes more complex wine. Tout Pres always seems more delayed in how it reveals itself. This shyness most obvious in the nose, not least as that’s the first interaction you have with it. The wine always sits a little lower in the glass than the others, it feels just out of each. The palate gives more immediate notes of peppery spice, not pepper so much, but a prickly, tighter spice with a little more attack. There is a dried earthy note here, some cola, dark cocoa and black cherries. It feels almost brittle at times, certainly in its youth, but you wouldn’t mistake that for delicacy. It’s hard to describe it, but the wine is confident and deliberate, but there is something about this wine that is fragile too. The chalky texture of this wine, paired with the crisp yet fine acid, couldn’t be better. I imagine is this part of the wine gives that sense of fragility, it feels like the wine snaps on your tongue. 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The nose is petals and perfume, then darker, richer barrel notes. It is a really lovely aroma. Actually, calling it lovely diminishes it somewhat, this is unique, complex and entirely appealing for those looking for something more from a glass of Pinot Noir. There is a different oak profile maybe, something smokier, something more angular. It really works with this wine, even if I’m wrong about the new oak regime. Whatever it is, be it new or just more present, adds a layer to this wine. The Irrewarra only improves with each vintage, it seems, and this is no different. I sat with this for a little while and those spice notes just kept delivering, and each sip or sniff offered something new and delicious. \u003cstrong\u003eBen Knight\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming: \u003c\/strong\u003eSustainable \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVegan Friendly: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Irrewarra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41474257813527,"sku":null,"price":77.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5756\/6999\/files\/unnamed-1_2244e9f4-f92c-4710-83e2-e3475140ae83.png?v=1718767203"},{"product_id":"farr-rising-pinot-noir-2022","title":"Farr Rising Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion: \u003c\/strong\u003eGeelong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety: \u003c\/strong\u003ePinot Noir \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in your glass:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe fruit is hand harvested, fermented in an open-top fermenter with 60-70% destemmed. Over time, the site has shown that it can certainly stand up to its bigger brothers. Ripe, generous, and rounded, this Pinot Noir delivers a depth and intensity regularly seen from this site. Dark spice and ripe black fruits take centre stage — no herbal edges, just a confident savoury expression. It’s powerful yet entirely seductive, in the way only Pinot Noir can be. 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The tank is sealed and left for 10 days to ferment naturally and release carbonic fruit aromas. The fruit is foot stomped, pressed on days 11 and 12, and then placed in five-year-old barrels to finish the fermentation process. The wine is bottled eight months later. Deep, dark, and vibrant in the glass. The nose is intense — dark spice, a punch of salinity, savoury herbs and graphite. Beneath the assertive opening sits a perfumed musk and confectionary lift that hints at carbonic maceration. A second pass reveals brown spice — mace and clove — alongside ripe Christmas cherries. The palate delivers summer berries and cream, with a supple texture and generous weight that sets it apart from many examples of the grape yet remains true to its varietal character.\u003cstrong\u003e BEN KNIGHT, WINE CRITIC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming: \u003c\/strong\u003eSustainable \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVegan Friendly: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Farr Rising","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41474355036183,"sku":null,"price":68.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5756\/6999\/files\/BrowserPreview_tmp_80fe400e-8ef4-4c17-8392-f56dc55e1320.png?v=1745466366"},{"product_id":"irrewarra-chardonnay-2023","title":"Irrewarra Chardonnay 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion: \u003c\/strong\u003eIrrewarra \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chardonnay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the glass:\u003c\/strong\u003e I had to check the notes for the previous release to make sure I wasn’t indulging in hyperbole two years in a row. The 2024 Irrewarra Chardonnay is brilliant. Lovely white gold in the glass the palate cool from the fridge yet immediately giving. It has a softness that defers to finer notes of acidity, ripe citrus and barley sugar; delicate honey and creaminess. In a world where making everyone happy is next to impossible, this wine, in my opinion goes as close to universal appeal as it can. Generosity combined with finesse, flavour and restraint. It may seem contradictory, but this is a wine in which you see that conflict play out in the glass. It’s very, very delicious. As always, the big problem will be getting enough to drink and also keep some in the cellar. 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The palate, sleek but generous. Whenever I write a note like that I’m aware that it’s weird. What is sleek but generous? I mean that it is balanced. The weight of the wine is in the goldilocks zone, there are no angles that aren’t aligned, it feels smooth, chiselled and in proportion. The generosity of it comes from the intensity of the flavour. Sleek can be perceived as diminutive, but this wine is not that.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s powerful, streamlined and draws your attention. As always, to talk just of fruit is too simple. This wine tastes of soil, flint, river pebbles, things you don’t immediately think to put in your mouth, but it’s the smell of them that triggers the recognition. This Chardonnay is complex, layered and thrilling. Find oysters to eat while you drink it, find a sea breeze and a view. Find a friend to sit next to, or drink it thinking of them.\u003cstrong\u003e BEN KNIGHT, CRITIC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming: \u003c\/strong\u003eSustainable \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVegan Friendly: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41549457162263,"sku":null,"price":115.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5756\/6999\/files\/unnamed-5_6c6caff5-1a64-431a-90bc-4c456c6434cc.png?v=1721349175"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farrside-pinot-noir-2022","title":"By Farr Farrside Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geelong \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety: \u003c\/strong\u003ePinot Noir \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the glass:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Farrside vineyard sits on a northeast-facing slope and consists of limestone topped with black volcanic soil. The vines were planted in 2001 and run east-west to protect the fruit from overexposure to the sun. Even though the Farrside and Sangreal vineyards are only 300 metres apart, the darker soils and cooler growing conditions of the Farrside vineyard mean these grapes are picked 10 to 12 days after all others and produce a more masculine and edgy wine. I regularly question my relevance in writing these notes, as such frequent exposure numbs the thrill. I expect a level of quality that is outrageously high and over time, you get used to them. I try to sit back and remember what it feels like to try these for the first time. It seems like an odd position, but in the world of Pinot Noir, there is an abundance of light red wines with some pretty smells, some even have nice texture. This is not that type of wine, it is far, far better. I’ve\u003cbr\u003ehad so many of these amazing wines, my compass only has true north. The needle oscillates a little, but no more than a meander down an equally beautiful path. As I clumsily type this metaphor, I want it to mean that I’ve never had to search for my bearings, the wine is always in the right place.The new Farrside is no exception, as it delivers notes of earth, petals, dark ripe fruit and black tea. It smells of spices, dried herbs and lifted notes that remind me of the stems that give this wine such power and life. There is a generosity in evolution to this wine, it is not merely tight and firm, it has softened, it has unfurled, and makes you go back to the glass, time and time again. \u003cstrong\u003eBEN KNIGHT, CRITIC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming: \u003c\/strong\u003eSustainable \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVegan Friendly: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41549464403991,"sku":null,"price":115.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5756\/6999\/files\/unnamed-5_52d40c10-6cfc-4d50-b135-7431a5f0cbd3.png?v=1721349592"},{"product_id":"by-farr-sangreal-pinot-noir-2022","title":"By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion: \u003c\/strong\u003eGeelong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pinot Noir \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the glass:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sangreal vineyard was planted in 1994, making it their oldest vineyard. It lies on a north- facing slope and the soil composition is bluestone and overlaying limestone, with red ironstone colouring the surface. The vine rows run north-south, receiving full sun exposure throughout the day, resulting in more perfumed, prettier wines. Describe the best smelling Pinot Noir. Describe a wine that reminds you of perfection. It’s too hard. It’s a task that no one can achieve. I feel silly saying this, because if I do try to write it, Nick will call me on the phone and tell me I’m bullshitting. However, the task needs to be fulfilled. Text needs to be assigned to a liquid that creates emotion. This wine smells like Pinot Noir that has stopped me in my tracks. It smells like wine that I recall when people ask me, how good can wine be, or is there a difference between cheap wine and expensive wine. It smells like wine that I dream about, it smells like wine that made me fall in love with wine. Whatever I write is irrelevant, because it’s my experience, my mouth, my tongue, my budget. Flowers, spices, oak, sunshine, love, hardwork, perfume, loss and years of dedication. It smells like the cellar during harvest and the mud on your boots during pruning. It’s a warm kitchen with friends and family and duck roasting in an oven. 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It lies on a north-facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep-set sandstone. This is always so, so good. It’s complex which I love, as so often this grape is one dimensional. There is more than a note of ripe fruit, there is graphite, black olives, it feels silky yet there is a note of ocean spray, a faint yet lovely salinity, then follows the spice. There is so much going on in this wine, and I know it’s a tired saying, but this is undoubtedly a Pinot drinker’s Shiraz, and by that I mean it is endlessly interesting, I’m not saying that it is light. The texture is perfect in that it has intensity without being flabby, and I think this is too often overlooked. Shiraz need not be a fruit bomb as it masks all the good parts this grape has to offer. Call it Rhone-like if\u003cbr\u003eyou want, I know that will draw criticism, but few Australian Shiraz come close to that level of finesse, texture and savoriness. 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I can’t imagine a more remote starting point to something that gives so much pleasure. The transformation from sweet one dimensional juice, to multi faceted wine is nothing short of alchemy, or so it seems. I know it sounds creepy, but I just rolled this wine around in my mouth. Drinking it, almost unnecessary, but ultimately, too hard to deny. The nose of this wine is endlessly complex, as the previous wines were, but it is more fully resolved. In that I mean it is riper, less herbal, softer and more fully formed. The wine makes you \\ \\ salivate, and is the very type of wine that helps define vinous descriptors like “peacocks tail”. In the abstract sense, these words, like so many others, seem like flummery, but the description comes from the sense of a broadening and greater intricacy, and indeed volume, that the wine exhibits. It is how the wine delivers more beauty towards the “end” of the palate, as it is swallowed. The RP is seamless. 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Straight from the box, at “room” temp and straight from the fridge at “way too cold” temperature, or so I thought.. This type of polar experience in termsof temperature usually highlights a wines imperfection. The colder option is usually the most telling, as insipid wine offers nothing but wetness when too cold. The GC, as expected, is anything but insipid and delighted at both ends of the temperature spectrum. This wine was surprisingly delicious straight from the fridge. Likewise, straight out of the box the wine was also wonderful. It showed me the complexity of the wine and the depth of flavour too. A wine balanced with acidity and richness. There are notes of lemon and vanilla custard, chantilly cream and dry tropical fruits. Despite the two notes of dairy, there is nothing garish about the wine, nothing buttery or overblown. And, whilst it is full of flavour, so much of that generosity is driven by ripe fruit and beautifully handled acidity. The GC chardonnay is a wine that offers Chardonnay expression with flavour, and it does so unapologetically. There is, thankfully, a way for these top end wines to taste of the grape that makes them, without the baggage of winemaker artifice. I’ve spoken before of the hand of Farr, and the ease with which these wines dance so intricately and beautifully with the appearance of ease. It is this simple elegance that is the skill, and the intricate complexity, that doesn’t appear to be so, that is the joy. 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They have decided to pick the fruit earlier in the past few years in order to retain its natural acidity, ensuring they maintain varietal character and create a more delicate and refined wine. Am I changing, or is it something else? I feel drawn to the Viognier. I know the story is all Chardonnay and Pinot Noir at By Farr, but my word, if this wine isn’t consistently pure joy and vinous perfection. Viognier has a gift to blow out, become rich and a little overbearing, but here, in Bannockburn, a place familiar with sunlight, where Viognier’s gift could easily shine, they hold the reins tightly. A thoroughbred, poised, rippling and ready to excite. (I know how weird that sounds, just bare with me) So what does that mean exactly? In my head, it means I can tell the wine is made from the Viognier grape, but it’s refreshing enough for me to want to drink more without it being too rich or cloying. The tasting note would read something like this. 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