[{"id":163413819528,"handle":"la-violetta","title":"La Violetta","updated_at":"2023-06-07T11:32:46+08:00","body_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1263\/3859\/files\/winemakers-706x470_1_600x600.jpg?v=1580747148\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Violetta began producing small quantities of wine at Denmark, on Western Australia’s south coast, in 2008. Grapes are sourced from a handful of trusted growers with exceptional vineyards, some amongst the oldest in the state. The idea is to keep production at a small scale so that each wine is personally hand-crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, La Violetta’s first release, 2008 La Ciornia, featured in Matthew Jukes’ Top 100 and Sarah Ahmed’s Top Five Australian wines. The wines are not entered into shows due to the limited volumes produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore being lured west by the quality of Great Southern grapes, winemaker Andrew Hoadley worked all over Australia’s cool and hot zones and in Piedmont, Abruzzo and Washington State. He now lives on Mt Shadforth, just out of Denmark town, and makes the wines in a small facility in the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name ‘La Violetta’ derives from an old Piedmontese song celebrating intoxication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2020-01-17T15:12:53+08:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"La Violetta"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":163411755144,"handle":"multi-varietal-blends-blanc","title":"Multi-Varietal Blends (Blanc)","updated_at":"2022-11-07T00:43:46+08:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2020-01-17T14:29:47+08:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Multi-Varietal Blends (Blanc)"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":163410182280,"handle":"riesling","title":"Riesling","updated_at":"2025-08-24T14:13:04+08:00","body_html":"\u003cspan\u003eRiesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and sparkling white wines. Riesling wines are usually varietally pure and are seldom oaked.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-01-17T14:29:47+08:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Riesling"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":163410870408,"handle":"white-wines","title":"White Wines","updated_at":"2025-08-24T14:13:04+08:00","body_html":"\u003cspan\u003eWhite wine is a wine that is fermented without skin contact. The colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured pulp of grapes, which may have a skin of any colour. White wine has existed for at least 2500 years.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-01-17T14:29:47+08:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"White Wines"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":163393765512,"handle":"wines","title":"Wines","updated_at":"2025-08-24T14:13:04+08:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2020-01-17T11:34:52+08:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"type","relation":"equals","condition":"Wines"}],"published_scope":"global"}]
"More than meets the eye", Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
"Layers of scent in frangipani, lemon blossom, faint stone fruit nectar, rose petal. Good suggestions of the varieties but that’s if you’re looking. Cool and crisp to taste with a lilt of slipperiness for interest. Sherbet like freshness to finish, with plenty of sheets of flavour in the citrus-stone fruit sector. Guzzle away. It’s calling you."
Another La Violetta hallmark in this blend of Riesling, Gerwurztraminer and Viognier, combining the pure floral Riesling intensity with aromatic complexity and textural elements from other grapes.
Freshness, balance and aromatic intensity typical of the vintage, with scents of lavender, wet stone and crystalline citrus. The acidity is matched by the depth of fruit, providing a canvas for the complexing textures of mineral phenolics, lees contact and barrel fermentation to disappear within. Fully drinkable this, glass after glass.
2017 vintage was a brilliant year for aromatic whites, with the mild season bringing exceptional fruit intensity, purity and drive to the wines!
