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Affinity 2021 Grenache Mourvèdre is a key flagstone wine for us. We are known for our Grenache and Mourvèdre, and our Affinity is a perfect example of complex, delicious wine that is much greater than the sum of it's premium parts.
Meet the Affinity
Variety: A 60/40 blend of McLaren Vale Grenache and Mourvèdre.
Summary: A blend of single vineyard Blewitt Springs Grenache and single vineyard Willunga South Mourvèdre results in a wine with oodles of complexity. Good roundness of fruit flavour on the mid palate leads to a savoury finish with powdery tannin.
Tasting Note: A beautiful and crisp savoury edge runs through this wine from aroma to palate. The whole bunch ferment characters appear in the form of spicy herbal complexity whilst the youthful Grenache component keeps the feel fresh and vibrant. Savoury, spicy, complex.
Goes With Food: Matches well to lighter red meat dishes such as venison or rare lamb, but is equally well suited to a vegetarian lasagne. Versatility is a key component of this wine.
Goes With Cheese: An aged cloth bound cheddar or mid strength parmesan matches the subtle tannin profile of The Affinity.
Goes With Music: PJ Harvey – Down By The Water.
Goes With Life: Laughter and languid lounging with loved ones.
Serve At: 18 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now, but will continue evolving through to 2031.
Vineyard: The Grenache fruit comes from the Brini family’s single vineyard in Blewitt Springs. The Mourvèdre is from the Lacey family’s single vineyard in Willunga South and was picked on 26th March 2021.
Winemaking: Both parcels of wine that make up this blend were fermented and aged separately before blending. A portion of stems was used in the Grenache ferment. Some pre-ferment cold soak was used with the Mourvèdre portion. The wine was then matured for ten months in neutral French puncheons and hogsheads prior to bottling in January 2022.
Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
ABV%: 14.2%
Production: 380 half-dozen produced under screwcap.
Accolades:
95 points Ned Goodwin for James Halliday Wine Companion
93 points Gary Walsh for The Wine Front
Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy the Aphelion Affinity 2021 Grenache Mourvèdre.
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Say Cheers to someone who deserves it this Festive season with our Aphelion Christmas Wine Advent Calendar - perfect for a gift, unbeatable value and full of full sized bestsellers!
Countdown the 12 Days of Christmas in Festive Aphelion style!
Imagine an advent calendar that will stop you in your tracks - that's the Aphelion Wine Advent Calendar.
No waxy supermarket compound chocolate for you - no, no, no!
Full sized bottles of wine from number 35 in the Top 100 Wineries of Australia.
A daily surprise to create a moment of quiet, share with loved ones, gift to someone, or create a special little ritual in the lead up to Christmas.
Do Advent your way, the way a discerning wine lover like you deserves, with the Aphelion Wine Advent Calendar.
A special Christmas gift pack with:
🍾 12 delectable wines, handpicked by our winemaker Rob Mack
🍷 Reds, Whites and Rosè
🍇 Grenache, Chenin & Emerging Varieties
🤫 Pre-release & Cellar / Member Exclusive wine
🍬 A Bag of Taronga dark chocolate almonds
📦 Free Shipping Australia-wide
Save $33, plus receive these bonuses:
🍷 Give the gift of Aphelion wine
🎄 Support a small business
🎁 Free festive packaging - each wine individually hand wrapped and numbered 1-12
💌 Free handwritten card for your recipient
Pssst! Curious about what wines are inside? We don't want to spoil the surprise for everyone so email us to find out if you must!
Last orders by :
Perth / Hobart / Darwin : 11 December
Sydney / Melbourne/ Brisbane / ACT: Thurs 18 December
Adelaide / SA: Sunday 21st Dec
Free pickup from our McLaren Vale cellar door is available up until 5pm Christmas Eve, for all of your last minute gifting needs.
From $51.66 /Per Bottle
Grenache is our specialty. This pack curated by Rob "Mr Grenache" Mack is the best way for you to discover the breadth of flavour possible from Grenache grown in McLaren Vale.
Each six pack includes:
1 x bottle Welkin Grenache 2024 RRP $28
1 x bottle Callow Grenache Blanc 2024 RRP $42
1 x bottle Confluence Grenache 2024 RRP $42 each
2 x bottle Affinity Grenache Mourvedre 2021 RRP $42
1 x bottle Rapture 2023 RRP $150
RRP $346. Special pack price: $310. Save $36 and 10%!
(N.B: 12 bottle cases contain double these amounts).
Each of our Grenache wines has its’ own distinct personality.
Why not gather some friends and open all five different bottles at once?
About The Wines
Welkin Grenache 2024 is a juicy and vibrant wine with outrageous aromatics. Designed to be enjoyed immediately, with goat chevre, tapas or as an aperitif on its' own.
Callow Grenache Blanc 2024 Our love affair with Grenache now extends to it's white wine form. Intense citrus and spice aromatics. A textural edge provides a food friendly aspect. Cinnamon and nutmeg spice complement the nashi pear and stone fruit flavours.
Confluence 2023 Grenache is the coming together of premium Grenache from a number of vineyards in the sandy soil dress-circle of Blewitt Springs. It showcases the best of McLaren Vale's elegant, savoury Grenache style.
Affinity 2021 Grenache Mourvèdre Here premium barrels of Brini Grenache and Lacey Mourvèdre are brought together to make a truly rounded and balanced wine with juicy acid, powdery tannin and the best of juicy red berries from Grenache and earthy mid and back palate from Mataro.
Rapture 2022 Grenache is our pinnacle of Grenache. The finest barrels from our portfolio of Grenache parcels. Elegant. Poised. Balanced. Built to age or to savour now.
Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy the Aphelion Grenache Pack.
From $119.00
Regular bottled sunshine deliveries to your door – what could be more convenient than that? We sweeten the deal by making the club totally flexible, offering exclusive benefits, and free gifts as well.
A very special and exclusive set of rewards are in store for the most valued appreciators of our Aphelion wines - our Bottled Sunshine Wine Club Members.
Your commitment to us as a member is so important to the sustainability of our dream to make delicious wines to be enjoyed with food and your life’s best moments, that we offer a host of benefits to you, our Bottled Sun Lovers.
Your commitment to us as a member is so important to the sustainability of our dream to make delicious wines to be enjoyed with food and your life’s best moments, that we offer a host of benefits to you, our Bottled Sun Lovers.
Those benefits start with a handsome discount on your member allocations- fixed and frozen to the time you signed up. No price rises for you!
Why Join? How About These Benefits!
- Free Shipping: On your allocations and on any additional purchases throughout the year.
- Complete Flexibility: Choose your frequency and number of wines at the click of a button. And if your needs change, your club changes with you. Want more or less wines? No problem, it's easy to switch. Need a holiday from your deliveries? You've got it! With your members' area, you are in control.
- Very Special Wines: Exclusive access to pre-release and rare museum wines.
- Exclusive Discounts: Your packs will always be higher in value than what you pay. It starts with your pack discount (5, 10 or 15% off core range RRP). Everything additional you purchase from our online store comes at a 10% discount with free shipping. Plus exclusive discounts for our events and wine dinners.
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Exclusive VIP Cellar Door Tastings: At our cellar door or in the vineyard, tastings are always free for you and your guests accompanying you. Plus we will give you the VIP treatment you deserve, like pre-release, museum and premium tastings.
- Surprise Gifts: Well if we told you - it wouldn't be a surprise would it?
- Low Minimum Term: Our minimum term of membership is just one year and 12 bottles across that year.
- No Exit Fees: Changed your mind? We can reduce your frequency and/or pack size. There are also no exit fees after your one year minimum term.
How Does It Work?
- Your Choice: Choose your frequency of deliveries and the Number of bottles per delivery. You can change your choices whenever you like and even take a subscription “holiday” and skip a delivery. Even tell us if there are any particular wines you would like in your pack when you get your renewal notices, otherwise our winemaker Rob’s expert selection will be hand selected for you.
- Charged On the 1st: Your first pack will be charged for on the first of the month after you sign up. Your first pack will then be hand picked, hand packed and dispatched shortly thereafter. Your renewals will then be processed on the first of the month according to the schedule you chose (monthly, quarterly or six monthly).
- Reminders: You’ll get a handy email reminder a week before your pack is due to be sent – a good time to update your contact or payment details, or to let us know if you would like certain wines in your pack.
- Value Forever: Your pack will always be worth more than what you pay. For starters, you get 5%, 10% or 15% off the core range rrp. Then you have a special free shipping & 10% discount coupon for additional purchases. Then we add value by putting money-can’t-buy exclusives, bonus gifts and our higher value wines in your pack.
- Convenience: You deserve to enjoy receiving delicious wines to your door, sharing them with friends over dinner, at your favourite BYO restaurant, or on cosy nights in.
For Terms & Conditions (there aren’t many, don’t worry!) please view our “Club” page.
From $90.00 /Per Bottle
Aphelion began with Grenache.
Our focus is Grenache.
Our future is Grenache.
Our original "Grenache project" has evolved.
Presenting three exceptional McLaren Vale Single Vineyard wines.
Each highlights the diversity and beauty of Grenache, as well as some of the 19 different geological soil types in McLaren Vale.
Guided by the deft and gentle hands of Rob Mack they sing of their purity.
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The Brini Single Vineyard Grenache 2023 is sourced from the upper tank block owned by the Brini family in the Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale.
This block has been a staple of Aphelion from our first vintage and forms the backbone of the Confluence Grenache.
The roundest and most intense wine in the range, dark plum fruits dominate with earth and forest floor characters to create a wine of depth and richness. Sandy based loam soils provide fruit that gives intensity and a brooding edge.
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Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
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Accolades:
95 points Erin Larkin for Robert Parker Wine Advocate
95 points Huon Hooke The Real Review
93 points Gary Walsh for The Wine Front
92 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
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Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy the Aphelion Brini Single Vineyard Grenache 2023. Psst...Like the sound of our exclusive pre-sale access, Members pricing ($81) plus perks like free shipping? Step right this way...
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Our love affair with Grenache now extends to it's white wine form.
Presenting the Callow - meaning "unfledged".
Grenache Blanc is an exciting new variety to Australia which is in millions of glasses in the US.
Rob's take on Grenache Blanc has intense and vibrant aromatics mingling with citrus and spice.
A textural edge provides a food friendly aspect.
Cinnamon and nutmeg spice complement the nashi pear and stone fruit flavours.
Variety: Grenache Blanc.
Summary: Fruit from a single vineyard near Kangarilla in McLaren Vale is hand-picked and whole bunch pressed to create a wine of purity, freshness, and elegance. Vibrant acidity provides potential for the wine to cellar well over the medium term.
Tasting Note: Intense and vibrant fruit character aromatics mingle with citrus and spice. A textural edge provides a food friendly aspect, and cinnamon and nutmeg spice complement the nashi pear and stone fruit flavours.
Goes With Food: Bouillabaisse matches the body and spicy notes of this wine.
Goes With Cheese: Comté will not overwhelm the wine and the spice characters of the wine add complexity to the match.
Goes With Music: Muse - Stockholm Syndrome.
Goes With Life: Textural and aromatic, this wine opens up to a great first
glass of the evening or matched to a feature dish of the evening.
Serve At: 10-12 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now but will cellar well over the next 5 - 8 years.
Vineyard: Sourced from the organic & biodynamic Yangarra vineyard near Kangarilla in McLaren Vale.
Winemaking: The fruit was hand-picked and whole bunch pressed to
ferment in stainless steel to retain freshness and varietal character. A slow
and cool ferment occurred and once complete 20% of the wine was
transferred to second use French oak to mature with the balance remaining
in tank. The batches were combined just prior to bottling in August 2021.
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Production: 591 six-packs produced under screwcap.
ABV%: 12.9%
Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy Callow Grenache Blanc 2024.
From $145.00
Say Cheers to someone who deserves it this Festive season with our Aphelion Christmas Cheers Wine 3 Pack.
Perfect for a gift and full of best sellers.
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A special Christmas gift pack with three very special Aphelion Wines:
- 1 x Welkin Falanghina 2025;
- 1 x Welkin Rosè 2022;
- 1 x Aphelion 'Brini' Single Site Grenache 2023.
Note: Wines in picture are different to what you will receive.
With every pack, receive these free bonuses:
- 🍷Give the gift of Aphelion wine
- 🎄 Support small business
- 🎅 Free bag Taronga Dark Chocolate Almonds
- 🎁 Free festive packaging
- 💌 Free handwritten card for your recipient
Last orders by :
Perth / Hobart / Darwin : 11 December
Sydney / Melbourne/ Brisbane / ACT: Thurs 18 December
Adelaide / SA: Sunday 21st Dec
Free pickup from our McLaren Vale cellar door is available up until 5pm Christmas Eve, for all of your last minute gifting needs.
About the Wines:
Welkin by Aphelion Falanghina 2025 RRP $28: Introducing, Fiano's more elegant sister. Also from Campania, you can expect from juicy vibrancy with layers of ripe citrus fruit and tropical notes from this new-to-McLaren Vale variety. I pick up a hint of banana blossom on the nose! Perfectly suited to our climate, brilliant with seafood, bright herbs, or spice.
Welkin by Aphelion Rose 2022 RRP $28: Elegant. Dry. Spiced. A beautiful salmon-orange colour. Aromatics of fresh flowers and just ripe strawberries jump out of the glass. Blood orange, grapefruit and cranberry characters mingle on to the palate with fresh
acidity keeping the wine lively and vibrant. A tickle of tannin adds our signature savoury edge and provides good palate length. At home on the back deck, at the beach, or at your favourite BYO Vietnamese, Thai or Seafood eatery. Ned Goodwin wrote for the Halliday Wine Companion "It would be hard to find a better rosé than this."
'Brini' Single Site Grenache 2023 RRP $90: Listed as #77 on James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2025. From the acclaimed Brini family vineyard in Blewitt Springs. Lauded for it's bright aromatics, the whole-bunch winemaking technique results in a wine of depth, with fine tannin and length. Try with anything mushrooms - stroganoff, bourguignon, pate.
From $42.00 /Per Bottle
The Aphelion Confluence 2024 Grenache is a key flagstone wine for us.
It's been with us from the very beginning.
We are Grenache specialists and our Confluence is a perfect example of complex, delicious wine that works as beautifully with food as it does being savoured on its' own.
Meet the Confluence
Variety: Grenache from Blewitt Springs sub region of McLaren Vale.
Summary: This complex, aromatic, food friendly, but fantastically drinkable wine evolves in your glass. Good structure and length. Carries our signature savoury finish.
Vineyard: 70% Clarendon fruit from Hickinbotham vineyard, 30% Blewitt Springs from the Brini and Wait vineyards.
Winemaking: 40% whole bunch fermented in stainless steel and small concrete open top fermenters. Matured in a combination of 1,500L Drunk Turtle (cocciopesto), 950L concrete egg, and seasoned French 2,800L foudre and demi-muid oak. Bottled February 2025.
Tasting Note: Vibrant red with purple hues in the glass. A savoury core presents with olive and briar. Crunchy raspberry and cranberry come to the fore with some air. On the palate Satsuma plum, wild strawberry and fine sandalwood dominate with fine tannins giving the wine exemplary length. The palate shows great intensity and concentration without being heavy or cloying. A wine that shows great aging potential and which will continue to evolve over time.
Goes With Food: Pan seared duck matches the spice and body of the wine well.
Goes With Cheese: The mushroom characters of a quality Camembert or washed rind cheese will complement the wine’s flavours and won’t dominate its delicate structure.
Goes With Music: Nick Cave – Jubilee Street
Goes With Life: Out for a fancy dinner or aperitivo on the back deck.
Serve At: 18 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now, but will continue evolving through to 2035.
Unfiltered
Unfined
Vegan
<100ppm Sulphur
ABV%: 14.2%
Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy the Aphelion Confluence 2024 Grenache.
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5 unique wines.
5 different varieties.
1 big BONUS!
A super delicious, super drinkable, super sharable 12 bottle + 1 case.
Introducing: the very special Aphelion Early Red & White Friday Mixed Dozen for 2025.
Each Dozen includes:
3 x bottles Welkin Chenin Blanc 2025 RRP $28
2 x bottles Welkin Rosè 2022 RRP $28
3 x bottles Welkin Grenache 2024 RRP $28
2 x bottles Aphelion Tendance Shiraz 2020 RRP $42
2 x bottles Aphelion Emergent Mourvèdre 2022 RRP $42
PLUS TWO BONUSES!
Pack RRP $392
Sale Price $375
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PLUS a BONUS Magnum of Welkin Chenin Blanc or Welkin Grenache worth $69 as our FREE gift to you to celebrate Red & White Friday!! Only 13 available.
Save a whopping $116!
Good To Know
Your Magnum is automatically added to your order.
Let us know in the Shopping Cart notes box your preference of Welkin Chenin Blanc or Grenache Magnum. We will do our best to get you your preference but it cannot be guaranteed due to the extremely low numbers left.
About The Wines
Welkin Chenin Blanc 2025 RRP $28: Bright, clean aromas and crisp flavours are the hallmark of our Adelaide Hills Chenin Blanc. From one - if not the only - Adelaide Hills Chenin vineyard. Toast summer and seafood with this beautiful Riesling style Chenin. 92 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion.
Welkin Rosè 2022 RRP $28: Ned Goodwin for James Halliday Wine Companion wrote "You'd be hard pressed to find a better Rosè than this."Elegant. Dry. Spiced. A beautiful salmon-orange colour. Aromatics of fresh flowers and just ripe strawberries jump out of the glass. Blood orange, grapefruit and cranberry characters mingle on to the palate with fresh acidity keeping the wine lively and vibrant. A tickle of tannin adds our signature savoury edge and provides good palate length.
Welkin Grenache 2024 RRP $28: We like to call the Welkin Grenache "furiously aromatic". It fairly leaps out of the glass at you! Revel in this wine's light body, heady spiciness and juicy acidity. 93 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion.
Aphelion 'Tendance' Shiraz 2020 RRP $42: The very last Aphelion Shiraz. Made in Rob's signature Rhone style, elegant and savoury. Beloved by critics and fans of cooler climate Shiraz, remarkably crafted in McLaren Vale with McLaren Vale grapes from the McMurtrie family.
Aphelion Emergent Mourvèdre 2022 RRP $42: This is our last vintage of a straight varietal Mourvedre. It is a stunning medium bodied wine with a moreish savoury edge of olive leaf and mushroom, sometimes leather. Aromatic dark fruit means the Aphelion Emergent Mourvèdre is easy to sip and savour by itself while being bold enough to enhance your meal.
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Emergent Mourvèdre 2022 has a special place in our hearts.
This is our last vintage of a straight varietal Mourvedre.
Once relegated to second or third billing as a blending partner, Mourvèdre is finally emerging as a delectable wine itself. And rightly so.
Well suited to the Mediterranean climate of McLaren Vale, it is a stunning medium bodied wine with a morish savoury edge of olive leaf and mushroom, sometimes leather.
Aromatic dark fruit means the Aphelion Emergent Mourvèdre is easy to sip and savour by itself while being bold enough to enhance your meal.
Variety:
Mourvèdre from from a single vineyard in White’s Valley, McLaren Vale.
Summary:
A beautiful mix of savoury characters and dark black fruits. Complexity builds in the glass.
Tasting Note:
The aromatics of this wine jump out the glass with sage, cherry spice and fresh almonds. Powdery tannins provide a canvas for the flavours that wash across the medium bodied palate, and bright acidity keeps the wine fresh and vibrant. Our 2021 Mourvèdre has a very long finish and persistent drive with an elegant fruit profile.
Goes With Food:
Very food friendly due to its savoury characters – try with duck rillettes and fresh crusty bread. (We love Little Acre Foods Duck Rillettes!)
Goes With Cheese:
An aged Pecorino would match the body of the wine and complement it’s acidity and spiciness.
Goes With Music:
Vance Joy – Lay It On Me
Goes With Life:
When the inspiration strikes to try something a little left of centre.
Serve At:
16-18 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink:
Ready to drink now, but will continue evolving through to 2030.
Vineyard:
Sourced from the Lacey family vineyard in the White’s Valley sub-district of McLaren Vale. The vineyard block is tiny, around three acres and the fruit is hand-picked.
Winemaking:
The hand-picked fruit was fermented with 25% whole bunches with the remaining destemmed. After pressing the wine was matured in seasoned French oak puncheons before blending and bottling in February 2021.
Vegan | Unfiltered | Unfined
Production: 85 dozen produced under screwcap.
Accolades:
94 points Ned Goodwin – 2022 Halliday Wine Companion
Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy the Aphelion Emergent Mourvèdre 2021.
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