Margan Family Winegrowers

A minimalist approach allows each wine variety to speak for itself...

Margan White Wines

VERDELHO
Picked in three distinct lots, our Margan Verhelho features a lifted, perfumed, tropical fruit nose with a rich palate, crisp clean finish with a touch of spiciness. Margan Verdelho was honoured as the third best Australian Verdelho at the AGT Wine Magazines Top 20 Verdelhos.
Vintages: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000
Margan Verdelho Awards Margan Verdelho Reviews

CHARDONNAY
Growing at less than one tonne to the acre, our Chardonnay provides us with excellent ripeness and complexity. Fermented in a mixture of brand new and one year old French oak barriques, the wine is characterized by rich, powerful fruit integration.
Vintages: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000
Margan Chardonnay Awards

Margan Dessert Wine

BOTRYTIS SEMILLON
From the same old vines that we produce our dry Semillon we also produce a Botrytis Semillon dessert style wine. This wine has won its share of awards, including the trophy for best sweet white wine at the 2004 Decanter World Wine Awards. This wine is beautifully balanced and unique in its structure.
Vintages: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000
Margan Botrytis Semillon Awards

Margan Rose Wine

SHIRAZ SAIGNEE
We also produce a rosé style wine – Margan Shiraz Saignee.Old vine Hunter Valley shiraz turned into a dry rose style using the saignee method.
Vintages: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001
Margan Shiraz Saignee Awards

Margan Red Wines

Our red wines are great food wines and are characterized by concentrated ripe fruit, subtle oak integration, balance and structure.

MERLOT
Margan Merlot is a rich, fruit driven style with soft, silky tannins. It has been selected by AGT Wine Magazine as being among Australia’s top twenty merlots.
Vintages: 2006 -2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000
Margan Merlot Awards

BARBERA
Our Barbera was the first planted in the Hunter Valley and originates from Italian root stock. The wine shows lifted aromas of herbs, berries and earth and a great combination of Italian varietal definition with Hunter terroir influences.
Vintages: 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002
Margan Barbera Awards

SHIRAZ
Shiraz from the Hunter Valley is recognized as one of the great wine styles of the world. Our Margan Shiraz is distinguished by a rich, ripe palate of berries and spice, unique tannin structure and earthy complexity.
Vintages: 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000
Margan Shiraz Awards

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
We crop our Cabernet at super low levels to achieve full ripeness. The wine has a rich, vibrant palate of cassis, blueberries and chocolate and dusty tannins providing savoury structure.
Vintages: 2006 -2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000
Margan Cabernet Sauvignon Awards

Margan White Label Wines

These batches are often different in style to the other wines and lend themselves to different winemaking techniques. As a result these wines tend to select themselves for separate bottling and marketing under the ‘White Label’ package. Depending on the vintage we may have anywhere between four and zero of these wines for release.

"They are chosen from our most distinctive batches, out of our best vintages. Handcrafted in limited volumes and released to only a few friends..." Andrew Margan

WHITE LABEL SEMILLON
This traditionally styled Hunter semillon is made from 70 year old dryland vines from our Belford vineyard. Enjoy now as an aperitif, or cellar for a decade or more. It has pure fruit characters on the nose, a lean middle palate and a long, crisp finish.
Vintages: 2007 -2006 - 2005
White Label Semillon Awards

WHITE LABEL BARBERA
We were the first in the Hunter to plant Barbera and our vines are now a decade old. Our Barbera is a proven over-achiever year in, year out, and as such makes its debut in the White Label range. It is rich, savoury, long and textured. This wine is a personal favourite. Salute!
Vintages: 2007
White Label Barbera Awards

WHITE LABEL SHIRAZ MOURVEDRE
This is only the second release of this wine and it is one of the first to sell out. The sleek dusty characters of the mourvedre are a great complement to the spicy fruit of the shiraz. This will mature beautifully, but is a bloody good drink right now!
Vintages: 2007 - 2005
White Label Shiraz Mourvedre Awards

WHITE LABEL SHIRAZ
This is our flagship red wine and the 2007 is a cracker! It is all fruit with just a touch of new French oak subtely integrated. A complex of black fruits, spice and tar, with a big tannin finish - just made for long term cellaring. Only 150 dozen to be released and that won't go far!
Vintages: 2007 -2006 - 2005
White Label Shiraz Awards

WHITE LABEL CABERNET SAUVIGNON
With 15 acres of 40 year old Cabernet Sauvignon vines available to us, we have access to some of the best Cabernet in the Hunter (don't tell Max Lake though). This has been in new American oak and has some great cedar and forest berry fruit characters.
Vintages: 2007
White Label Cabernet Sauvignon Awards