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Fragrant nose of wild flowers, soft to start, builds slowly to an easy finish...
Windowrie The Mill Verdelho
2009 Key Report Dec 2009
Verdelho at Windowrie is exceptional as is the full bodied Shiraz...
Holidays Away Mar 2010 Rob Geddes MW
Windowrie deep River Chardonnay awarded silver medal at Cairns wine show. The 5th highest points for Chardonnay in the show - great value
Cairns Wine show June 2010
Top 40 Best Buy under $20
The Mill Cab Merlot 2008 Winestate Magazine July 10
Bags of character in this wine along with zip and zap, but no one aspect over the top. 91 points and very good value at $17
Windowrie The Mill Cowra-Orange Sauvignon-Semillon 2009
Key Review of Wines June 2010
Another red from Cowra to challenge perceptions it is only suited to Chardonnay. Has supple and sweet leading edge to the plum fruit and vanilla oak. Good Length.
Family Reserve Shiraz
James Halliday's 2009 Wine Companion.
Best New Release
The Mill Merlot 2008 Winestate magazine Oct 09
Windowrie have always made a lot of fuss about the Verdelho, some years I feel it's not warranted but this vintage I do, there is depth and interest to the wine and a balance throughout its journey. 91 points and worth $17
Windowrie Cowra Verdelho 2009
Key Review of Wines June 2010
Family Reserve Shiraz
Rated 90/100 in James Halliday's 2009 Wine Companion.
'Another red from Cowra to challenge perceptions it is only suited to Chardonnay. Has supple and sweet leading edge to the plum fruit and vanilla oak. Good Length.
The 2007 Chardonnay is a fresh wine with aromas of tropical fruit, melon, almond and white nougat. There are plenty of similar flavours on the palate, making it a great food wine. It is full flavoured with lovely length. Price: $24.99 Cellar: 2009-2011.
D Cumming Cellar Press CWD March 09
2007 Mill Shiraz - 3 stars - Top of Category Central NSW and Canberra district tasting.
Winestate magazine April 2009
'Windowrie The Mill Limited Release Sangiovese 2006 $18.00 - This is a well priced, nicely textured Sangiovese with plenty of depth and varietal purity. There are whiffs of slightly sour cherries and it has the sort of drying tannins that really suit Italian meat dishes that feature tomato and oregano.'
Greg Duncan PowellFull Bottle SMHSpectrum 29 - 03 - 2008
'Windowrie Deep River Central Ranges Cabernet Shiraz 2007 - 3 stars - Very palatable wine with some very pleasant sweet berry fruit and fine coffee like oak.'
Winestate magazine Best buy under $15
'Mill Verdelho 2008 - A fairly restrained nose, the palate much more expressive with Ranges, good, clean citrus, ripe tropical fruits and barley sugar flavours NSW with the high alcohol providing a fullness and slippery, silkily textured mouthfeel.'
Graeme Philips Sunday Tasmanian Nov 2008
'Windowrie 'The Mill' Cowra Tempranillo 2007 - Hats off to the O'Dea family of Cowra in the Central ranges of New South Wales for putting this neat Tempranillo together. Drink Now. About $15 (and excellent value at that price). 92/100 - Excellent.'
Five minute wine rush Nov 2008
'The Mill Limited Release Central Ranges Sangiovese 2006 - Good colour; major surprise; distinctive cherry, as much as sour cherry, fruit with the tannins no higher than is necessary to give structure. Delicious example at a bargain price. Cork. 14.5% alc. Rating 90 Drink 2012 $17.95 Date Tasted Mar 08.'
Five minute wine rush Nov 2008
'Windowrie 'The Mill' Cowra Chardonnay 2007 - The 06 won a trophy at the Cowra Show and despite 2007 being a drought year this is every bit as succulent. Owner Jason O'Dea reckons this typifies all that is good about Cowra Chardonnay. 'Fresh, spritely and full of varietal flavours with a firm acid structure.'
Jeff Collerson, Daily Telegraph - Weekend/Wine 21 June 2008
'Windowrie 'The Mill Cowra Shiraz 2006 - Well made easy drinking shiraz that represents good value. The notes say it has a component of shiraz from Orange and interestingly, there is a 4 percent addition of Cabernet Franc. Not that I would have picked it, but it does add an extra dimension to the wine. Worth exploring further I think.'
Tony Keys, The Key Review of Wines (The KROW) Issue,12 April 2008
'Although Chardonnay is easily Cowra's front running white, Verdelho also does extremely well there, as this wine's full, fresh and inviting flavours resoundingly show.'
On the Grapevine Sunday Telegraph Insider 2008
'This is a terrific quaffing wine at a very reasonable price. It is unoaked with lashings of tropical fruit flavours and some nice acid on the finish. It is made by a very good Cowra winery that uses grapes from across central western NSW. It's hard to find a wine that complements the fiery flavours of Indian and Thai food, but this certainly does the trick. $15.'
Winsor Dobbin Sun Herald May 2008
'This is Windowrie's 12th consecutive Chardonnay vintage, from a region which has really taken off in recent years. It's nicely constructed with upfront melon and stonefruit on the nose and palate, lively acidity and a crisp, clean finish. Drink it with pan fried veal.'
Kerry Skinner Grape Expectations Illiwarra Mercury April 2008
'The Mill Central Ranges Chardonnay 2007 - neat, typically varietal stone fruit, ripe peaches, rich and creamy, robust and with smooth honey dew melon characters as well. The oak is melded well with judicious vanillin oak. A nice classic edge of lively acidity with a creamy smooth luscious easy drinkingness to the end. Try it with salmon fillets. Drink Now. About $15. 91/100 - Excellent.'
Paul Ippolito The Five Minute Wine Rush April 2008
'This is a well priced, nicely textured Sangiovese with plenty of depth and varietal purity. There are whiffs of slightly sour cherries and it has the sort of drying tannins that really suit Italian meat dishes that feature tomato and oregano.'
Greg Duncan Powell SMH Spectrum March 2008
'The Family Reserve range, as the name implies, represents the finest wines that can be produced in any one vintage year and are the top of the range from the Windowrie label. At the $20 price tag, it is considered to be excellent value for money'
John Cook Vintage Crop Feb 2008
'There is more to Cowra than Chardonnay and Windowrie is doing a good job of showcasing this. Windowrie has a swag of wines available that offer great value for money'
D Cumming CWD 2007
'Windowrie shows all the signs of emerging as the star of Cowra'
Huon Hooke SMH 2001
'The Cowra based Windowrie Winery cleaned up at the recent Cowra Wine Show, winning a gold medal and trophy for best local wine with this smartly contructed Chardonnay'
Kerry Skinner Illawarra Mercury 2007
'Windowrie Estate wines chosen to be served on China Southern Airlines in first class'
This Month in Central NSW 2006
'We were amazed by how affordable these wines were and to learn they are exported all over the world'
R Johnson Western Advocate 2007
'From the O'Dea family comes this bargain Chardonnay'
Huon Hooke SMH 2001
'Windowrie The Mill Merlot 2005 - leathery nose and powerful plum and cherry palate with oak and tannin in perfect balance. $14.95'
Winestate magazine 'Best Buy Under $15' 2007
'The Cowra region in central NSW is renowned for producing ripe, easy-drinking white wines. This Verdelho from Windowrie is no exception'
Max Allen 20 Top Aussie Summer Wines under $20 2004
'A major, and pleasant surprise'
James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2004 edition
'Bargain of the week - Windowrie The Mill Tempranillo'
SMH 2007
'The benefits of making wine next to the vineyard show in an unoaked Chardonnay'
Chris Shanahan The Canberra Times December 2002
'Good value'
Huon Hooke SMH 2006
'Trophy winner - Food and wine match Course one - The Mill Verdelho matched with organically grown asparagus served with parsley'
Canowindra @ Home 2004
'Grapes from this wine, from a reliably good Cowra maker, were harvested over three nights to capture the fruit at different stages of ripeness'
Jeff Collerson Daily Telegraph 2003
'The 2006 Mill Chardonnay ($14 - $17) is a blinder... a great everyday wine that will also present well at a formal dinner occasion. Life is Good'
John Cook Daily Liberal 2007
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