e’Stellar Estate wins Best of Region Yarra Valley at the James Halliday Challenge
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It is with great delight, and wildly only one year from inception, that we proudly announce our first major wine award. e’Stellar Estate is the James Halliday Chardonnay and Cabernet Challenge Best of Region Yarra Valley winner, for our 2025 e’Stellar Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
We were up against some inspiring magnates, and in great company. Fellow award winners include Jim Barry, Shaw + Smith, Giant Steps and Wirra Wirra, to name a few. As a very small-scale Dixons Creek producer, we’re hugely honoured to receive such important recognition for our Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
About the James Halliday Australian Chardonnay and Cabernet Challenge
The challenge celebrates the world’s two most popular varieties and Australia’s outstanding regional diversity. Cabernet Sauvignon is the world’s most widely planted vine and Australia’s third most planted variety, and it is one of Australian wine’s great success stories.
- The highest-pointed wine for each variety is awarded the James Halliday Trophy.
- Regional winners scoring 95 points or more are awarded Best of Region.
In 2021 the Chardonnay and Cabernet Challenges were “blended” and judged together for the first time, in the Yarra Valley. The event is a collaboration between the Margaret River Wine Association and Wine Yarra Valley. It is hosted and judged in each iconic region in alternate years.
This year’s judges
- Alex Beckett (VIC), Emma Gillespie (WA), Matt Turnbull (SA), Xanthe Hatcher (NSW)
Associate judges
- Tony Layton (VIC), Georgie Jacobs (TAS), George Ellis (VIC), Kathy McBride (VIC), Tom Bloomberg (WA), Tarun (Taz) Victor-Gordon (WA)
Buy our award-winning Yarra Valley wine online
We have a limited volume of this estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon. We firmly believe it’s worth stocking up on and cellaring, or gifting this Christmas now that it carries the award. It’s $45 a bottle, with volume discounts available.
