Our Wines
The BEST WINES are the ones we drink with friends…
Vella Wines is about crafting small premium wines which come from the most well placed and pristinely managed vineyards found in the Adelaide Hills. Production is kept small to ensure the quality is maintained, and the essence of the story and ‘the why’ holds true to heart.
These carefully selected parcels from the selected vineyards within the Adelaide Hills receive the royal treatment of viticulture, hand-pruning, shoot thinning, lateral thinning, leaf plucking, bunch thinning, multiple wire-lifts, hand picking and precision deficit irrigation to name a few.
Vella Wines are true to form from the Adelaide Hills, using varieties that are well suited to the region, interesting and offer a great flavour profile and easy drinking.
Vella Wines is based on precision viticulture and the best wine making techniques to make a wine that friends and family will enjoy…
2020 Harvest Widow
Chardonnay
Adelaide Wine Show 2024
BEST WINE OF SHOW
Best White Wine of Show
Best Chardonnay of Show
Best Single Vineyard of Show
Pale straw green in colour. Purity of fruit, exhibiting grapefruit, green pear, baked apple, and flint. On the palate, mouth filling creamy texture and linear mouth-watering acidity. With well-defined tasting notes, as above.
2019 – 2022
2022 Dirt Boy
Pinot Noir
Deep garnet with ruby hues, lifted aromas of black cherry, wild strawberry, truffle and roasted beetroot. A focused palate of black forest cake, Morello cherry, hints of game and spice with persistent fine tanins.
2021 Gambler
Gamay
93pts – Wine Orbit
Lifted aromas of lemon blossom, lychee, rosewater and Beurre Bosc pear. A vibrant palate of green apple, yellow peach and sun ripe melon with refreshing acidity and flinty focused finish.
2019 Harvest Widow
Chardonnay
Polished gold in colour, there are aromas of stone fruit, lemon peel, orange blossum and toasted granola. A fresh and mineral palate of white peach, lemon curd, creamy cashew with a textural and flinty finish.
2021 Trouble Maker
Pinot Blanc
Lifted aromas of lemon blossom, lychee, rosewater and Beurre Bosc pear. Polished gold in colour with a vibrant palate of green apple, yellow peach and sun ripe melon with refreshing acidity and flinty focused finish.
2020 Harvest Widow
Chardonnay
BEST WINE OF SHOW
Best White Wine of Show
Best Chardonnay of Show
Best Single Vineyard of Show
Pale straw green in colour. Purity of fruit, exhibiting grapefruit, green pear, baked apple, and flint. On the palate, mouth filling creamy texture and linear mouth-watering acidity. With well-defined tasting notes, as above.