{"title":"Wine By Farr","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Farr are known for producing world class wines, in the heart of the Moorabool Valley near Geelong. Cool climate, unique terroir and meticulous production all culminate in wines that are exceptional. Always a treat when we get bottles in from By Farr!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Every year, in any list, Geelong’s By Farr winery is one of the first picked. This is a single-minded producer if ever there was one; this is a producer interested in quality and nothing else. This is viognier, chardonnay, pinot noir and shiraz, planted in volcanic loams and quartz gravels, drilled down to the specifics of site and soil and hands. There is, simply, no such thing as a boring By Farr wine.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e- Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion, Top 100 Wineries 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"by-farr-tout-pres-pinot-noir-2018-750ml","title":"By Farr - Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2018 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"With every year that passes, the Tout Pres vineyard’s subtleness and delicate fruit structure are becoming increasingly pronounced in the wine. The bouquet fills the glass with spicy fruit, mineral elements and a hint of integrated French oak, with the darkness and essence of the Moorabool Valley true expressions of site. This wine exhibits primary and secondary flavours, which strengthen the overall integration for a seamless finish. It is a tightly packed combination of plums and undergrowth with an edgy acidity—and one of our favourite drops.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211206938882,"sku":"DEAR-43104","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/cellar-byfarr-8579.png?v=1749685801"},{"product_id":"by-farr-pinot-noir-rp-cote-vineyard-2015-750ml","title":"By Farr - Pinot Noir RP Cote Vineyard 2015 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The RP Pinot Noir (RP – Robyn Pamela) is in recognition of the matriarch. It is not only the support and goffering that Robyn has endured for Gary’s 40 year career. She has been in the vineyard 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 no matter the job, no matter the time of day. You can always count on mum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit for this wine is sourced from the Cote Vineyard as is the GC Chardonnay. A close planted \/ high density planting of Pinot Noir on a exposed cote. These hillsides facing North, North East and East will be the backbone of the Farr dynasty for decades to come.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis wine is pretty and so very perfumed. The cote sites simply produce amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate as with the GC. Abundance of fruit leading to fine and detailed tannin structure. We have been playing with the fruit from these vineyards for more than 8 years, fine tuning the style of wine that these vineyards are producing.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211209199874,"sku":"DEAR-4308","price":145.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/cellar-byfarr-8572.png?v=1749685809"},{"product_id":"by-farr-sangreal-pinot-noir-2019-750ml","title":"By Farr - Sangreal Pinot Noir 2019 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“For Nick Farr, the focus is on viticulture at his family’s small property in the Moorabool Valley: the results are spectacular. The Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are world class wines while the Viognier would make the earth shake in parts of France. These wines are fine, delicate and precise.”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard Pinots.The original By Farr Pinot Noir site, this is the epitome of Pinot Noir perfume and complexity. It's an ethereal Pinot, heavily scented, rich and multifaceted. Dark, ripe cherries meet comforting barrel spice, whole-bunch crunchiness and earth. The Sangreal Pinot Noir excites all the senses with itswonderful aroma and silky palate weight.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211209789698,"sku":"DEAR-46514","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/212307_farr_pinotnoir.png?v=1749685812"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farrside-pinot-noir-2019-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farrside Pinot Noir 2019 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“For Nick Farr, the focus is on viticulture at his family’s small property in the Moorabool Valley: the results are spectacular. The Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are world class wines while the Viognier would make the earth shake in parts of France. These wines are fine, delicate and precise.”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"From the black soils of the Farrside vineyard, this Pinot Noir is powerful, with notes of red meat, dark spice and black cherries. These flavours work alongside decadent spice and tannin, creating a wine of significant presence, exquisite balance and length. \" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211214409986,"sku":"DEAR-46513","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/212307_farr_pinotnoir2019.png?v=1749685822"},{"product_id":"by-farr-chardonnay-2020-750ml","title":"By Farr - Chardonnay 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e“For Nick Farr, the focus is on viticulture at his family’s small property in the Moorabool Valley: the results are spectacular. The Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are world class wines while the Viognier would make the earth shake in parts of France. These wines are fine, delicate and precise.”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"This 2020 Chardonnay shows the house style of complexity and restraint. Barrel spice and fruit woven together with lovely acidity and filled out with complexity. There is stone fruit and citrus, and a limestone quality that sits effortlessly in the wine. It has a wonderful density of flavour and finesse\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003cstrong\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211214475522,"sku":"DEAR-46512","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/212307_farr_chardonnay-2.png?v=1749685821"},{"product_id":"by-farr-shiraz-2018-750ml","title":"By Farr - Shiraz 2019 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“For Nick Farr, the focus is on viticulture at his family’s small property in the Moorabool Valley: the results are spectacular. The Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are world class wines while the Viognier would make the earth shake in parts of France. These wines are fine, delicate and precise.”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Shiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north-facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep-set sandstone. All fruit is hand-picked from the VSP trellising, with about 15% left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co-ferment between 2 and 4% Viognier with the Shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co-fermented and bleed back. It is a natural fermentation, with the fruit remaining in the tank for 19 days before pressing. Shiraz sees 18 months in French oak, about 20% being new, and is bottled under vacuum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSupple, hugely complex and spicy; black olive tapenade, graphite, ripe plums and cocoa. It has an open weave, not defined by oak, nor over-extracted. You might say this has been clearly guided by a Pinot Noir winemaker. It’s a seductive, wondrous Shiraz.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e –By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Shiraz\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211216933122,"sku":"DEAR-46515","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/212307_farr_shiraz.png?v=1749685830"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farrside-pinot-noir-2020-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farrside Pinot Noir 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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. The clones are a mixture of 114, 115, 777, 667 and MV6. 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard, then fermented in an open-top fermenter. Between 40 to 50 per cent of the fruit will be stemmed and then cold soaked for four days. We use only the natural yeast for the fermentation process, which takes roughly 12 days. Grape-stomping (known as pigeage) will occur two to three times a day depending on the amount of extraction required, and the wine is then placed in 50 to 60 per cent new Allier barrels by gravity. It is racked by gas after secondary fermentation, then again at 18 months to be bottled.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach vintage of Farrside pinot noir exhibits more masculinity, structure and savoury components, while deep meaty, spicy and mineral flavours also continue to evolve. A balanced array of red and black fruits, Farrside pinot noir is fresh and edgy with bucketloads of character. This is a firm yet delicate wine with a long-textured finish.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211355869442,"sku":"DEAR-50603","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2022-07-08-wine-32.jpg?v=1749686259"},{"product_id":"by-farr-chardonnay-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - Chardonnay 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The By Farr chardonnay comes from the same site as the Sangreal pinot noir—composed of red soil over limestone—and was planted in 1994. The limestone of this site is not exposed on the surface as at other sites. The limestone starts 20 to 30cm below the surface, to the depths of the root zone of the vines. It is a very exposed north-facing slope. The clones used for the chardonnay are a mixture of Dijon clones and Penfolds 58.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked then whole-bunch pressed in the winery. All the solids are collected and chilled before being put to barrel, which are 30 per cent new French oak. A natural fermentation will occur at cool temperatures over the next one to two months, and then a small amount of stirring helps start malolactic fermentation. The wine is then racked, fined and lightly filtered before bottling 11 months after picking. A very mineral site for chardonnay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe trademark characteristics of the wine produced on our site are understated power and length with a mineral finish. The wine has a great fruit expression that is well integrated with French oak. The soil characteristics have come through in the style of wine we have today. The palate is fine but firm, with great acidity, texture and length. This wine is rich in flavour, yet very refined.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211358785794,"sku":"DEAR-50602","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2022-07-08-wine-26.jpg?v=1749686266"},{"product_id":"by-farr-shiraz-2020-750ml","title":"By Farr - Shiraz 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Shiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north-facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep-set sandstone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fruit is hand-picked from the VSP trellising, with 20 per cent left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co-ferment between 2 and 4 per cent viognier with the shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co-fermented and bled back. It is a natural fermentation, with the fruit remaining in the tank for 19 days before pressing. Shiraz sees 18 months in French oak, 20 per cent being new, and is bottled under vacuum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful nose, with the depth and complexity of cool-climate shiraz. This wine is spiced with pepper and mineral elements, leaning towards earthy. The co-fermented viognier adds a little richness to both the bouquet and palate, which has a very pleasant sweetness to start, followed by intense fruit and earthy long tannins to complete the delicate structure and overall elegance of the wine.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: 96% Shiraz \u0026amp; 4% Viognier\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211360817410,"sku":"DEAR-50605","price":82.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2022-07-08-wine-28.jpg?v=1749686270"},{"product_id":"by-farr-sangreal-pinot-noir-2020-750ml","title":"By Farr - Sangreal Pinot Noir 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Sangreal vineyard was planted in 1994, making it our oldest vineyard. It lies on a north-facing slope and the soil composition is bluestone and overlaying limestone, with red ironstone colouring the surface. This is unlike our other vineyards, which are mostly black volcanic soil with heavy amounts of limestone on the surface. The vine rows run north-south, receiving full sun exposure throughout the day, resulting in more perfumed, prettier wines. This is always the first vineyard to be harvested. The clones used in Sangreal are 114 and 115, which we believe have mutated over time to become the ‘Sangreal clone’, now within its own microclimate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSangreal is consistently made with 70 per cent whole bunch and aged in 70 percent new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard pinots.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach year the same descriptive notes come to mind for this wine: seductive, perfumed, seamless balance and moreish. It is a site that wavers very little in more difficult vintages and excels in the great ones—this is the backbone of By Farr wines. The alluring characters of this vineyard, combined with red fruits, whole bunch, acidity and oak, have produced a beautifully interwoven expression of site and vintage. That’s what it’s all about.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211365437698,"sku":"DEAR-50604","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2022-07-08-wine-30.jpg?v=1749686290"},{"product_id":"by-farr-tout-pres-pinot-noir-2020-750ml","title":"By Farr - Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Tout Pres is made using the same process as the other two pinots. It is fermented with 100 per cent whole bunches (80 per cent in 2011) in a five-tonne oak fermenter. This wine has the largest flavour profile and intensity, to absorb 100 per cent new French oak from Allier. A wine with truly understated power and richness—the classic peacock’s tail.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith every year that passes, the Tout Pres vineyard’s subtleness and delicate fruit structure are becoming increasingly pronounced in the wine. The bouquet fills the glass with spicy fruit, mineral elements and a hint of integrated French oak, with the darkness and essence of the Moorabool Valley true expressions of site. This wine exhibits primary and secondary flavours, which strengthen the overall integration for a seamless finish. It is a tightly packed combination of plums and undergrowth with an edgy acidity—and one of our favourite drops.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC \u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211403317506,"sku":"DEAR-51819","price":185.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-toutprespinotnoir20201.jpg?v=1749686385"},{"product_id":"by-farr-rp-cote-vineyeard-pinot-noir-2016-750ml","title":"By Farr - RP Cote Vineyeard Pinot Noir 2016 750ML","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This wine is pretty and so very perfumed. The cote sites simply produce amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate as with the GC. Abundance of fruit leading to fine and detailed tannin structure. We have been playing with the fruit from these vineyards for more than 8 years, fine tuning the style of wine that these vineyards are producing. To Robyn, Cheers.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir \u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211408265474,"sku":"DEAR-46285","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-rppinotnoir20161.jpg?v=1749686393"},{"product_id":"by-farr-tout-pres-pinot-noir-2016-750ml","title":"By Farr - Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2016 750ML","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"With every year that passes, the Tout Pres vineyard’s subtleness and delicate fruit structure are becoming increasingly pronounced in the wine. The bouquet fills the glass with spicy fruit, mineral elements and a hint of integrated French oak, with the darkness and essence of the Moorabool Valley true expressions of site. This wine exhibits primary and secondary flavours, which strengthen the overall integration for a seamless finish. It is a tightly packed combination of plums and undergrowth with an edgy acidity—and one of our favourite drops.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211408462082,"sku":"DEAR-4310","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-toutprespinotnoir20161.jpg?v=1749686397"},{"product_id":"by-farr-rp-cote-vineyard-pinot-noir-2018-750ml","title":"By Farr - RP Cote Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018 750ML","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A bouquet of absolute intrigue and under growth from an extremely fresh and high natural acidity vintage. The elegant yet savoury power that we are growing to love from the Cote Vineyard wines is showing once again from both the pinot and the GC Chardonnay. The palate is lengthy and layered. It is a pinot that keeps giving with every minute in the glass. This is one of the great pinots we have made, with fantastic ageing potential. RP, Real Pinot, Serious Pinot Noir.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir \u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211411640578,"sku":"DEAR-43103","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-rppinotnoir20181.jpg?v=1749686406"},{"product_id":"by-farr-gc-chardonnay-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - GC Cote Vineyard Chardonnay 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The fruit is hand-picked then whole-bunch pressed in the winery. All the solids are collected and chilled before being put to barrel, which are 50 per cent new French oak. A natural fermentation will occur at cool temperatures over the next one to two months, and then a small amount of stirring helps start malolactic fermentation. The wine is then racked, fined and lightly filtered before bottling 11 months after picking. A complete chardonnay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe wine has an amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate, surrounded with textured fruit and mineral elements. We have been playing with the fruit from these vineyards for more than 8 years, fine tuning the style of wine that these vineyards are producing. What a result once it all came together.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC \u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211412689154,"sku":"DEAR-51817","price":185.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-chardonnaycotevinyard20211.jpg?v=1749686409"},{"product_id":"by-farr-gc-cote-vineyard-chardonnay-2016-750ml","title":"By Farr - GC Cote Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 750ML","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The trademark characteristics of the wine produced on our site are understated power and length with a mineral finish. The wine has a great fruit expression that is well integrated with French oak. The soil characteristics have come through in the style of wine we have today. The palate is fine but firm, with great acidity, texture and length. This wine is rich in flavour, yet very refined.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay \u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211412852994,"sku":"DEAR-4307","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-gcchardonnay20161.jpg?v=1749686408"},{"product_id":"by-farr-rp-pinot-noir-2020-750ml","title":"By Farr - RP Pinot Noir 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The RP Pinot Noir (RP – Robyn Pamela) is in recognition of the matriarch. It is not only the support and goffering that Robyn has endured for Gary’s 40 year career. She has been in the vineyard 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 no matter the job, no matter the time of day. You can always count on mum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard, then fermented in an open-top fermenter. Between 40 to 50 per cent of the fruit will be stemmed and then cold soaked for four days. We use only the natural yeast for the fermentation process, which takes roughly 19 days. Grape-stomping (known as pigeage) will occur two to three times a day depending on the amount of extraction required, and the wine is then placed in 50 to 60 per cent new Allier barrels by gravity. It is racked by gas after secondary fermentation, then again at 18 months to be bottled.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis wine is pretty and so very perfumed. The cote sites simply produce amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate as with the GC. Abundance of fruit leading to fine and detailed tannin structure. We have been playing with the fruit from these vineyards for more than 8 years, fine tuning the style of wine that these vineyards are producing. To Robyn, Cheers.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC \u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211412984066,"sku":"DEAR-51818","price":185.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/byfarr-pinotnoircotevinyard20201.jpg?v=1749686409"},{"product_id":"by-farr-gc-cote-vineyard-chardonnay-2019-750ml","title":"By Farr - GC Cote Vineyard Chardonnay 2019 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The GC Chardonnay (GC – Gary Charles) is attributed to all the knowledge we have been able to extract from Gary to create a close planted \/ high density planting of chardonnay on a exposed cote. These hillsides facing North, North East and East will be the backbone of the Farr dynasty for decades to come.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked then whole-bunch pressed in the winery. All the solids are collected and chilled before being put to barrel, which are 35 per cent new French oak. A natural fermentation will occur at cool temperatures over the next one to two months, and then a small amount of stirring helps start malolactic fermentation. The wine is then racked, fined and lightly filtered before bottling 11 months after picking. A complete chardonnay.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A wine with great fruit presence and varietal character at the front of the palate, the power of this site then takes over the palate and finishes with a very assertive line of acidity. It is a vintage of great balance and completeness. As our greatest expression of chardonnay this wine has very quickly commanded a strong following around the world.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - Nick Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC \u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211448176898,"sku":"DEAR-43102","price":185.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20230802_farr-chardonnay2019.jpg?v=1749686519"},{"product_id":"farr-rising-gamay-2022-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farr Rising Gamay 2022 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The gamay was grafted onto own rooted cabernet vines, which were planted in 1999. The soil is black cracking clay soil, with a mixture of submerged volcanic pebbles and boulders at one end, and a more friable and slightly more vigorous chocolate-coloured soil at the other. The first fruit was picked during the 2014 vintage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard, then placed in the tank as whole bunches. 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe nose of the gamay, so far, is fruitful at first before opening up to reveal berry flavours with earthy and gamey notes. The palate is full of red berry fruits with savoury undertones. The structure is long, earthy and lingering. With vibrant acidy and defined tannins, this wine is full of flavour.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Farr Rising\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Gamay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211496280322,"sku":"DEAR-53658","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/farrrising-gamay1.jpg?v=1749686659"},{"product_id":"by-farr-sangreal-pinot-noir-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - Sangreal Pinot Noir 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Sangreal vineyard was planted in 1994, making it our oldest vineyard. It lies on a north-facing slope and the soil composition is bluestone and overlaying limestone, with red ironstone colouring the surface. This is unlike our other vineyards, which are mostly black volcanic soil with heavy amounts of limestone on the surface. The vine rows run north-south, receiving full sun exposure throughout the day, resulting in more perfumed, prettier wines. This is always the first vineyard to be harvested. The clones used in Sangreal are 114 and 115, which we believe have mutated over time to become the ‘Sangreal clone’, now within its own microclimate. Sangreal is consistently made with 70 per cent whole bunch and aged in 70 percent new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard pinots.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Nick Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There’s no wall flowers in the Farr winery and these Pinots are testament to that. It’s immediately engaging, it’s got something to say. Big aromatic spice notes, whole bunch influence, ripe fruit and an exotic character that really draws you in. It has a lovely softness, but it doesn’t offer this at the expense of structure. The acid line is en pointe, and it needs to be with so much happening in this wine. These change the script when it comes to Australian Pinot Noir, they are peerless.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Ben Knight, By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211526328578,"sku":"DEAR-53845","price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20230802_farr-sangrealpn2021.jpg?v=1749686730"},{"product_id":"by-farr-chardonnay-2022-750ml","title":"By Farr - Chardonnay 2022 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The By Farr chardonnay comes from the same site as the Sangreal pinot noir—composed of red soil over limestone—and was planted in 1994. The limestone of this site is not exposed on the surface as at other sites. The limestone starts 20 to 30cm below the surface, to the depths of the root zone of the vines. It is a very exposed north-facing slope. The clones used for the chardonnay are a mixture of Dijon clones and Penfolds 58. The fruit is hand-picked then whole-bunch pressed in the winery. All the solids are collected and chilled before being put to barrel, which are 30 per cent new French oak. A natural fermentation will occur at cool temperatures over the next one to two months, and then a small amount of stirring helps start malolactic fermentation. The wine is then racked, fined and lightly filtered before bottling 11 months after picking.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Nick Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"River pebbles, struck match, stone fruit, spice, citrus. All that just from the first sniff. The skill to have so much on offer in a glass, yet keep the palate under such tension is really something. The ‘22 By Farr Chardonnay just gives and gives, from flavour to texture through to the finish. It’s long and incredibly fine but also has a softness to it. Perhaps some malo, perhaps some lees work. The wood is like a bass note to a melody and gives the wine an unassuming gravitas and rounds out what is an exemplary and beautifully balanced Chardonnay.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Ben Knight, By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211530129666,"sku":"DEAR-53843","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20230802_farr-chardonnay2022.jpg?v=1749686738"},{"product_id":"by-farr-shiraz-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - Shiraz 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Shiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north-facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep-set sandstone. All fruit is hand-picked from the VSP trellising, with 20 per cent left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co-ferment between 2 and 4 per cent viognier with the shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co-fermented and bled back. It is a natural fermentation, with the fruit remaining in the tank for 19 days before pressing. Shiraz sees 18 months in French oak, 20 per cent being new, and is bottled under vacuum.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Nick Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The ‘21 Shiraz is a bit of a shape shifter. Initial notes suggest a deep, velvet wine, full of black fruit and spice. As the wine opens up there is a brightness to it, a summer pudding type fruit expression of berries and cream. More spice comes through, black olive tapenade, it’s rich yet savoury. There is a note of whole bunch, that green zone crunch, tang and lift and it finishes with such a pure crack of pepper; pink, campot and some white pepper too. Endlessly intriguing and mouthwatering.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Ben Knight, By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Shiraz\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211532030210,"sku":"DEAR-53846","price":82.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20230802_farr-shiraz2021.jpg?v=1749686742"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farrside-pinot-noir-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farrside Pinot Noir 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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. The clones are a mixture of 114, 115, 777, 667 and MV6. 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. The fruit is hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard, then fermented in an open-top fermenter. Between 40 to 50 per cent of the fruit will be stemmed and then cold soaked for four days. We use only the natural yeast for the fermentation process, which takes roughly 12 days. Grape-stomping (known as pigeage) will occur two to three times a day depending on the amount of extraction required, and the wine is then placed in 50 to 60 per cent new Allier barrels by gravity. It is racked by gas after secondary fermentation, then again at 18 months to be bottled.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Nick Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There’s a similar texture here to the Sangreal, but the flavour profile is darker, not leathery, but a tougher skin, a denser fruit expression which seems to make the wine more resolute. The whole wine feels tighter, more closely bound and brooding. I don’t think beautiful is the right word to describe the aroma of this one, it’s too simple a word. There’s ripe fruit, cherries and dark plums, there’s the hit of whole bunch, wood and earth. There’s so many points of light in this wine, it’s hard to single out just one key theme. Complexity begins to describe it, but sounds to lack emotion. It’s a blend of the two, and more.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Ben Knight, By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211533177090,"sku":"DEAR-53844","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20230802_farr-pn2021.jpg?v=1749686746"},{"product_id":"by-farr-tout-pres-pinot-noir-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Tout Pres was planted in 2001 and is a very special and intriguing site. It rises above the other vineyards, and each of the three slopes consists of a different soil type. The largest slope is black volcanic soil over limestone; the second is quartz gravel mixed with red ironstone; the third is an iron strand in grey sandy loam. The clones, which will acclimatise and mutate over time to become the ‘Tout Pres clone’, are 113, 114, 115, 667, 777 and MV6.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith 7300 vines per ha, Tout Pres is a densely planted vineyard on the estate—hence its name, which translates as “very cosy”. This land is a challenge to farm, but well worth the effort. The soils and close competition force the vines to work hard, with the result being fruit that is lush but masculine, and which provides the coveted structure found only in the most age-worthy wines.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith every year that passes, the Tout Pres vineyard’s subtleness and delicate fruit structure are becoming increasingly pronounced in the wine. The bouquet fills the glass with spicy fruit, mineral elements and a hint of integrated French oak, with the darkness and essence of the Moorabool Valley true expressions of site. This wine exhibits primary and secondary flavours, which strengthen the overall integration for a seamless finish. It is a tightly packed combination of plums and undergrowth with an edgy acidity—and one of our favourite drops.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e- By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211570827522,"sku":"DEAR-54950","price":175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20231109_farr-pn2021.jpg?v=1749686853"},{"product_id":"by-farr-cote-vinyard-chardonnay-2022-750ml","title":"By Farr - GC Cote Vinyard Chardonnay 2022 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The GC Chardonnay (GC – Gary Charles) is attributed to all the knowledge we have been able to extract from Gary to create a close planted \/ high density planting of chardonnay on an exposed côte. These hillsides facing North, North East and East will be the backbone of the Farr dynasty for decades to come.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey consist of the most suitable clones, rootstocks, trellising and management you will find for our landscape. This is our tribute to what ‘Gazza’ has achieved and provoked over 40 years not only in our region but for chardonnay and pinot noir of Australia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe North côte is a red to brown loam with buckshot stones across the surface. The most exposed of the three côtes, the North côte is harvested last of all because of the large amount of clay, holding valuable moisture for a much longer time than the other slopes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe East côte is divided through the centre of the slope by a rise. Black volcanic soil with fragmented limestone in one direction and grey loam with buckshot stones in the other direction. Soil is King as the East côte has the least amount of clay and therefore least water-holding capacity resulting in it being harvested first even though it is the coolest côte of the three.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003cbr\u003eThe wine has an amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate, surrounded with textured fruit and mineral elements. We have been playing with the fruit from these vineyards for more than 8 years, fine tuning the style of wine that these vineyards are producing. What a result once it all came together.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC \u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211573514498,"sku":"DEAR-54951","price":175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20231109_farr-charcotevineyard2022.jpg?v=1749686858"},{"product_id":"by-farr-cote-vinyard-pinot-noir-2021-750ml","title":"By Farr - RP Cote Vinyard Pinot Noir 2021 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe RP Pinot Noir (RP – Robyn Pamela) is in recognition of the matriarch. It is not only the support and goffering that Robyn has endured for Gary’s 40 year career. She has been in the vineyard 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 no matter the job, no matter the time of day. You can always count on mum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit for this wine is sourced from the Cote Vineyard as is the \u003ca title=\"By Farr - GC Cote Vinyard Chardonnay 2022 750ml\" href=\"https:\/\/carwyncellars.com.au\/products\/by-farr-cote-vinyard-chardonnay-2022-750ml\"\u003eGC Chardonnay\u003c\/a\u003e. A close planted \/ high density planting of Pinot Noir on a exposed cote. These hillsides facing North, North East and East will be the backbone of the Farr dynasty for decades to come.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey consist of the most suitable clones, rootstocks, trellising and management you fill find for our landscape. This is our tribute to what ‘Gazza’ has achieved and provoked over 40 years not only in our region but for chardonnay and pinot noir of Australia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe North cote is a red to brown loam with buckshot stones across the surface. The most exposed of the three cotes but is harvested last of all because of the large amount of clay, holding valuable moisture for a long longer time than the other slopes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe North East cote is a continuation of buckshot until the soil becomes black and lined with limestone moving towards the bottom of the rows and a depression that divides limestone from sandstone. At the highest point of the vineyard you will find small amounts of sandstone in the grey sandy loam.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe East cote is divided through the center of the slope by a rise. Black volcanic soil with fragmented limestone in one direction and grey loam with buckshot stones in the other direction. Soil is King as the East cote has the least amount of clay and therefore water holding capacity resulting in it being harvest first even though it is the coolest cote of the three.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis wine is pretty and so very perfumed. The cote sites simply produce amazing smoothness and calmness that stretches the length of the palate as with the GC. Abundance of fruit leading to fine and detailed tannin structure. We have been playing with the fruit from these vineyards for more than 8 years, fine tuning the style of wine that these vineyards are producing. To Robyn, Cheers.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir \u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46211575841026,"sku":"DEAR-54949","price":131.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20231109_farr-pncotevineyard2021.jpg?v=1749686865"},{"product_id":"by-farr-viognier-2024-750ml","title":"By Farr - Viognier 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The By Farr viognier consists of a blend of fruit from two vineyards. The first is the original house block, planted in 1994, which is friable red soil over limestone leading to sandstone—similar soils to the Sangreal pinot noir and By Farr chardonnay. The second vineyard is a younger planting of unknown clones in red ironstone soil. The viognier is a difficult variety to manage as it has a tendency to grow horizontally rather than vertically, needs a lot of water and can become sunburnt very easily. Because of this we have decided to pick the fruit earlier in the past few years in order to retain its natural acidity, ensuring we maintain varietal character and creating a more delicate and refined wine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eViognier is foot stomped and left for two or more hours on its skins to extract the phenols, flavour and texture. The fruit is then pressed, cooled and put straight into barrel with all solids for a natural fermentation. Gentle stirring during the end of autumn encourages malolactic fermentation, which softens the finish by converting the tart malic acid to lactic acid. The wine is then racked, fined and filtered. It is ready to be bottled 11 months after harvest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lovely perfumed, yet subtle expression of viognier. Fresh peach and apricot flavours as a young wine, which we believe will intensify over time. The palate is restrained, luscious and shows a ginger-flavoured freshness with underlying power and lingering aftertaste. This wine benefits beautifully from 12 months of bottle ageing, as the acid softens.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Viognier\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46667103502594,"sku":"2000567","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2025-ByFarr-Viognier2024_1_8f7f4fff-7809-410e-9625-a452d284e678.jpg?v=1755240088"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farrside-pinot-noir-2023-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farrside Pinot Noir 2023 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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. The clones are a mixture of 114, 115, 777, 667 and MV6. 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard, then fermented in an open-top fermenter. Between 40 to 50 per cent of the fruit will be stemmed and then cold soaked for four days. We use only the natural yeast for the fermentation process, which takes roughly 12 days. Grape-stomping (known as pigeage) will occur two to three times a day depending on the amount of extraction required, and the wine is then placed in 50 to 60 per cent new Allier barrels by gravity. It is racked by gas after secondary fermentation, then again at 18 months to be bottled.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFebruary 2023 : We are delighted to offer this wine in a window of drinkability. Now with bottle age the wine still shows the hallmarks of Farrside's vineyard character but with great finesse and an opulent masculinity yet finer tannins structure to complete the wine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Release : Each vintage of Farrside pinot noir exhibits more masculinity, structure and savoury components, while deep meaty, spicy and mineral flavours also continue to evolve. A balanced array of red and black fruits, Farrside pinot noir is fresh and edgy with bucketloads of character. This is a firm yet delicate wine with a long-textured finish.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46667117986050,"sku":"2000568","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2025-ByFarr-PinotNoir2023_1.jpg?v=1755240017"},{"product_id":"by-farr-shiraz-2023-750ml","title":"By Farr - Shiraz 2023 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Shiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north-facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep-set sandstone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fruit is hand-picked from the VSP trellising, with 20 per cent left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co-ferment between 2 and 4 per cent viognier with the shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co-fermented and bled back. It is a natural fermentation, with the fruit remaining in the tank for 19 days before pressing. Shiraz sees 18 months in French oak, 20 per cent being new, and is bottled under vacuum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful nose, with the depth and complexity of cool-climate shiraz. This wine is spiced with pepper and mineral elements, leaning towards earthy. The co-fermented viognier adds a little richness to both the bouquet and palate, which has a very pleasant sweetness to start, followed by intense fruit and earthy long tannins to complete the delicate structure and overall elegance of the wine.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Shiraz\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46667129487618,"sku":"2000569","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2025-ByFarr-Shiraz2023_1_5432c987-e820-4dd9-a3d2-a9dec695c105.jpg?v=1755240097"},{"product_id":"by-farr-chardonnay-2024-750ml","title":"By Farr - Chardonnay 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The By Farr chardonnay comes from the same site as the Sangreal pinot noir—composed of red soil over limestone—and was planted in 1994. The limestone of this site is not exposed on the surface as at other sites. The limestone starts 20 to 30cm below the surface, to the depths of the root zone of the vines. It is a very exposed north-facing slope. The clones used for the chardonnay are a mixture of Dijon clones and Penfolds 58.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked then whole-bunch pressed in the winery. All the solids are collected and chilled before being put to barrel, which are 30 per cent new French oak. A natural fermentation will occur at cool temperatures over the next one to two months, and then a small amount of stirring helps start malolactic fermentation. The wine is then racked, fined and lightly filtered before bottling 11 months after picking. A very mineral site for chardonnay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe trademark characteristics of the wine produced on our site are understated power and length with a mineral finish. The wine has a great fruit expression that is well integrated with French oak. The soil characteristics have come through in the style of wine we have today. The palate is fine but firm, with great acidity, texture and length. This wine is rich in flavour, yet very refined.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46667133157634,"sku":"2000570","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2025-ByFarr-Chardonnay2024_1.jpg?v=1755239987"},{"product_id":"by-farr-sangreal-pinot-noir-2023-750ml","title":"By Farr - Sangreal Pinot Noir 2023 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Sangreal vineyard was planted in 1994, making it our oldest vineyard. It lies on a north-facing slope and the soil composition is bluestone and overlaying limestone, with red ironstone colouring the surface. This is unlike our other vineyards, which are mostly black volcanic soil with heavy amounts of limestone on the surface. The vine rows run north-south, receiving full sun exposure throughout the day, resulting in more perfumed, prettier wines. This is always the first vineyard to be harvested. The clones used in Sangreal are 114 and 115, which we believe have mutated over time to become the ‘Sangreal clone’, now within its own microclimate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSangreal is consistently made with 70 per cent whole bunch and aged in 70 percent new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard pinots.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach year the same descriptive notes come to mind for this wine: seductive, perfumed, seamless balance and moreish. It is a site that wavers very little in more difficult vintages and excels in the great ones—this is the backbone of By Farr wines. The alluring characters of this vineyard, combined with red fruits, whole bunch, acidity and oak, have produced a beautifully interwoven expression of site and vintage. That’s what it’s all about.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46667141120258,"sku":"2000571","price":155.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/2025-ByFarr-Sangreal2023_1.jpg?v=1755240040"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farr-rising-saignee-2025-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farr Rising Saignee 2025 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Saignee, technically meaning “to bleed game meat or poultry”, refers to the way we ‘bleed’ juice for this wine. We allow the Farr Rising pinot noir fruit to sit in tank for two to three hours before bleeding free-run juice at a suitable colour for rosé production. This process concentrates the pinot ferment, but we also produce a barrel-fermented rosé. Natural barrel fermentation at cool temperatures is followed by full malolacitc fermentation. The wine is then placed in four- and five-year-old barrels for 10 months before being filtered and bottled.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe like to produce a very dry style of rosé, but with flavour and varietal sweetness. It has a salmon-pink hue, is perfumed with fruit and a lovely savoury, earthy palate, and has a long, dry structured finish. This is the perfect wine to have with food—or when pitching woo!\"\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Rose - Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":47100889858306,"sku":"2000979","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20251205_ByFarr-FarrRisingSaignee2025750ml_1.jpg?v=1764911373"},{"product_id":"by-farr-irrewarra-pinot-noir-2024-750ml","title":"By Farr - Irrewarra Pinot Noir 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sit back and take in the aromas from a glass of this pinot as you think about sitting at the top of the vineyard surrounded by cows, water, grass and all things Western District farming. Sweat and sour cherries, earth, spice and a lovely elegant structure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003eBy Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Irrewarra, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":47794915180802,"sku":"2001349","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20260520_ByFarr-IrrewarraPinotNoir2024750ml_1.jpg?v=1779257157"},{"product_id":"by-farr-shiraz-2024-750ml","title":"By Farr - Shiraz 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Shiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north-facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep-set sandstone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fruit is hand-picked from the VSP trellising, with 20 per cent left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co-ferment between 2 and 4 per cent viognier with the shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co-fermented and bled back. It is a natural fermentation, with the fruit remaining in the tank for 19 days before pressing. Shiraz sees 18 months in French oak, 20 per cent being new, and is bottled under vacuum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful nose, with the depth and complexity of cool-climate shiraz. This wine is spiced with pepper and mineral elements, leaning towards earthy. The co-fermented viognier adds a little richness to both the bouquet and palate, which has a very pleasant sweetness to start, followed by intense fruit and earthy long tannins to complete the delicate structure and overall elegance of the wine.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Shiraz\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":48126578983170,"sku":"2001538","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20260715_ByFarr-Shiraz2024750ml_1.jpg?v=1784162634"},{"product_id":"by-farr-viognier-2025-750ml","title":"By Farr - Viognier 2025 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The By Farr viognier consists of a blend of fruit from two vineyards. The first is the original house block, planted in 1994, which is friable red soil over limestone leading to sandstone—similar soils to the Sangreal pinot noir and By Farr chardonnay. The second vineyard is a younger planting of unknown clones in red ironstone soil. The viognier is a difficult variety to manage as it has a tendency to grow horizontally rather than vertically, needs a lot of water and can become sunburnt very easily. Because of this we have decided to pick the fruit earlier in the past few years in order to retain its natural acidity, ensuring we maintain varietal character and creating a more delicate and refined wine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eViognier is foot stomped and left for two or more hours on its skins to extract the phenols, flavour and texture. The fruit is then pressed, cooled and put straight into barrel with all solids for a natural fermentation. Gentle stirring during the end of autumn encourages malolactic fermentation, which softens the finish by converting the tart malic acid to lactic acid. The wine is then racked, fined and filtered. It is ready to be bottled 11 months after harvest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lovely perfumed, yet subtle expression of viognier. Fresh peach and apricot flavours as a young wine, which we believe will intensify over time. The palate is restrained, luscious and shows a ginger-flavoured freshness with underlying power and lingering aftertaste. This wine benefits beautifully from 12 months of bottle ageing, as the acid softens.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Viognier\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":48126586388738,"sku":"2001539","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20260715_ByFarr-Viognier2025750ml_1.jpg?v=1784162571"},{"product_id":"by-farr-chardonnay-2025-750ml","title":"By Farr - Chardonnay 2025 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The By Farr chardonnay comes from the same site as the Sangreal pinot noir—composed of red soil over limestone—and was planted in 1994. The limestone of this site is not exposed on the surface as at other sites. The limestone starts 20 to 30cm below the surface, to the depths of the root zone of the vines. It is a very exposed north-facing slope. The clones used for the chardonnay are a mixture of Dijon clones and Penfolds 58.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked then whole-bunch pressed in the winery. All the solids are collected and chilled before being put to barrel, which are 30 per cent new French oak. A natural fermentation will occur at cool temperatures over the next one to two months, and then a small amount of stirring helps start malolactic fermentation. The wine is then racked, fined and lightly filtered before bottling 11 months after picking. A very mineral site for chardonnay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe trademark characteristics of the wine produced on our site are understated power and length with a mineral finish. The wine has a great fruit expression that is well integrated with French oak. The soil characteristics have come through in the style of wine we have today. The palate is fine but firm, with great acidity, texture and length. This wine is rich in flavour, yet very refined.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":48126590910722,"sku":"2001540","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20260715_ByFarr-Chardonnay2025750ml_1.jpg?v=1784162601"},{"product_id":"by-farr-farrside-pinot-noir-2024-750ml","title":"By Farr - Farrside Pinot Noir 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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. The clones are a mixture of 114, 115, 777, 667 and MV6. 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fruit is hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard, then fermented in an open-top fermenter. Between 40 to 50 per cent of the fruit will be stemmed and then cold soaked for four days. We use only the natural yeast for the fermentation process, which takes roughly 12 days. Grape-stomping (known as pigeage) will occur two to three times a day depending on the amount of extraction required, and the wine is then placed in 50 to 60 per cent new Allier barrels by gravity. It is racked by gas after secondary fermentation, then again at 18 months to be bottled.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach vintage of Farrside pinot noir exhibits more masculinity, structure and savoury components, while deep meaty, spicy and mineral flavours also continue to evolve. A balanced array of red and black fruits, Farrside pinot noir is fresh and edgy with bucketloads of character. This is a firm yet delicate wine with a long-textured finish.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 14.0%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":48126611980546,"sku":"2001541","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20260715_ByFarr-FarrsidePinotNoir2024750ml_1.jpg?v=1784162529"},{"product_id":"by-farr-sangreal-pinot-noir-2024-750ml","title":"By Farr - Sangreal Pinot Noir 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Sangreal vineyard was planted in 1994, making it our oldest vineyard. It lies on a north-facing slope and the soil composition is bluestone and overlaying limestone, with red ironstone colouring the surface. This is unlike our other vineyards, which are mostly black volcanic soil with heavy amounts of limestone on the surface. The vine rows run north-south, receiving full sun exposure throughout the day, resulting in more perfumed, prettier wines. This is always the first vineyard to be harvested. The clones used in Sangreal are 114 and 115, which we believe have mutated over time to become the ‘Sangreal clone’, now within its own microclimate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSangreal is consistently made with 70 per cent whole bunch and aged in 70 percent new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard pinots.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach year the same descriptive notes come to mind for this wine: seductive, perfumed, seamless balance and moreish. It is a site that wavers very little in more difficult vintages and excels in the great ones—this is the backbone of By Farr wines. The alluring characters of this vineyard, combined with red fruits, whole bunch, acidity and oak, have produced a beautifully interwoven expression of site and vintage. That’s what it’s all about.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e– By Farr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle \/ Variety: Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Geelong, VIC\u003cbr\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003cbr\u003eVol: 750ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Farr","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":48126617190658,"sku":"2001542","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/6149\/9906\/files\/20260715_ByFarr-SangrealPinotNoir2024750ml_1.jpg?v=1784162666"}],"url":"https:\/\/carwyncellars.com.au\/collections\/wine-by-farr.oembed?page=2","provider":"Carwyn Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}