6 Gold Medals at the James Halliday Australian Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge 2024
We are thrilled to report that six FWG wines have been awarded Gold and 95 points at the James Halliday Australian Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge this year!
The gold-medal winning wines are:
- Deep Woods Estate 2023 Reserve Chardonnay (to be released October)
- Deep Woods Estate 2022 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (to be released October)
- Deep Woods Estate 2022 Single Vineyard G2 Cabernet Sauvignon
- Evans & Tate 2022 Redbrook Estate Chardonnay
- Evans & Tate 2021 Redbrook Reserve Chardonnay (pre-release)
- Evans & Tate 2022 Redbrook Reserve Chardonnay
The James Halliday Australian Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge showcases the exceptional regional diversity of Australia’s finest wines, and having these wines emerge on top is a remarkable accomplishment. This year’s competition attracted 646 entries of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon from 66 wine regions across the country, with 31 regions represented for Chardonnay and 22 for Cabernet Sauvignon.
We are immensely proud of Deep Woods Estate Chief Winemaker Julian Langworthy, Deep Woods Estate Senior Winemakers Emma Gillespie and Matt Buchan, Evans & Tate Senior Winemaker Matt Byrne, Evans & Tate Winemaker Feleasha Prendergast and all of the winemaking and vineyard teams on these outstanding results.
A huge congratulations to all the regional winners from across Australia!
