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Jasper Hill vineyards (Victoria, Australia)

Our old friend Andrew Edmunds, restaurateur, print expert, club owner and oenophile supreme met Rona and Elva Laughton when they came to London for the inaugural Natural Wine Fair in 2011 and was so taken with them and their wines that he listed them thereafter. Sadly, Andrew died last year but his eponymous restaurant in Soho is still a reliable source of reasonably-priced Jasper Hill wines so is well worth a visit if you are in the West End and are partial to characterful bottlings made by low-interventionist, organic viticulture and vinification.

Today, Ron and Elva's daughter Emily and her partner Nick have taken over and look after vineyards and cellar while sister Georgia sees to the administration and takes superb photographs. It must be reassuring to Rona and Elva, who created a dynasty by hard graft and determination, to know that the succession is in safe family hands.

The main wine at Jasper Hill, in terms of the volume produced, is the celebrated 'Georgia's Paddock' Shiraz that hails from a low-yielding, unirrigated 12 hectare parcel of mature rootstock. With a dark, purple robe, intense blackcurrant and blueberry aromas, a core of sensuous, dark stewed fruit with peppery undertones and enough tannic structure to support (at least) 10 years bottle age, it drinks well from release, if decanted, and makes a fine partner to grilled red meat and wild mushroom dishes.

A sibling bottling, called 'Emily's Paddock' Shiraz comes from a 3 hectare plot of 95% Shiraz and 5% Cabernet Franc. The resultant wine cellars well for 10 to 20 years and is highly sought after on secondary markets. With complex autumnal fruit scents and core of black fruit with notes of cedar, leather and game supported by firm tannins, it drinks best with at least 5 years bottle age.

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  1. Jasper Hill: Georgia's Paddock Riesling 2023
    Bottle
    £33.00
    Bottle (Case)
    £396.00
  2. Jasper Hill: Occam's Razor Shiraz 2022
    Bottle
    £33.00
    Bottle (Case)
    £396.00
  3. Jasper Hill: Georgia's Paddock Nebbiolo 2022
    Bottle
    £45.00
    Bottle (Case)
    £540.00
  4. Jasper Hill: Emily's Paddock Shiraz - Cabernet Franc 2022
    Bottle
    £76.00
    Bottle (Case)
    £912.00
  5. Jasper Hill: Georgia's Paddock Shiraz 2022
    Bottle
    £52.00
    Bottle (Case)
    £624.00
    Magnum
    £110.00
    Magnum (Case)
    £660.00
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