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Westend Estate was established by Francesco and Elizabeth Calabria, newly arrived migrants from Italy in 1927. They purchased a five acre block of land at the Western end of the township, Griffith in the Riverina region of New South Wales.
The winery became known as Calabria Wines, now owned and operated by their son, Bill Calabria. In 1974, Bill changed the name to Westend Estate Wines with the aim of increasing the quality and range of wines offered by the winery. |
As testimony to the success,Westend Estate Wines have been honoured with many medals and trophies from major Australian and International Wine Shows. Westend Estate was one of the first to consistently win gold medals from Riverina fruit particularly from red wines.
In a few short years, Bill Calabria and his team have been awarded over 30 trophies since 2000 at National and Regional Wine Shows across Australia and internationally. Bill is a strong advocate of the Riverina region. He works constantly to ensure the region maintains its public profile and reputation for producing premium, great-value wines. |
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The Outback range is a tribute to the rugged Australian Outback on the doorstep of Westend Estate's productive and fertile vineyards.
Great tasting and value for money, these wines are suitable for everyday drinking.
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Outback Chardonnay |
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Outback Chardonnay has rich, sweet melon and citrus fruit with a soft palate. This is an outstanding Chardonnay that has been produced from selected high quality fruit and displays hints of lemon like characters and a fruit driven palate with a lovely acid finish.
Awards:
– Vintage 2007 Riverland Wine Show - Bronze
- Vintage 2007 Royal Hobart International Wine Show - Bronze |
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Outback Shiraz |
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Outback Shiraz is a medium bodied Shiraz, it exhibits lovely soft tannins integrated with ripe fruit flavors. A perfect drink now style and is great with any outdoor occasion.
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Preserve our Precious Waters
The Snowy River range is dedicated to the restoration of the Snowy River water system which allows water to flow through into many Australian winemaking areas.
Australia’s great rivers such as the Murray and the Murrumbidgee are vital to the Australian wine industry. These wines overdeliver on quality, are easy drinking and have rich, fruit flavours.
A proportion of sales from Snowy River wines will be donated towards Barren Box Wetland Project environmental initiative. For more information on the Barren Box Wetland Project please go to www.mirrigation.com.au.
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Snowy River |
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Snowy River is a superb Chardonnay that has been produced using selected high quality fruit resulting in a wine exhibiting fresh, ripe, elegant aromas with complex delicate fruit flavors.
Awards:
- 2007 Riverina Wine Show - Bronze
- 2007 Australian Inland Wine Show - Bronze |
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The Richland range is dedicated to the founders of Westend Estate, Francesco and Elizabeth Calabria.
Francesco and Elizabeth were pioneers of the ‘rich land’ of the Riverina which is now a wine region with unlimited potential. The Richland range is Westend Estate's premium commercial range which overdelivers on quality and is suitable for everyday drinking.
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Richland Chardonnay: |
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Light straw in color, this fruit driven Chardonnay displays ripe stone fruit and toasty oak aromas. A fresh palate of buttery ferment characters, creamy yeast and vanillan oak, finishing long, soft and well rounded. Excellent to drink now or cellar for the next 2 to 5 years.
Awards:
- 2007 Adelaide wine Show, Bronze
- 2007 NZ International Chardonnay Challenge - Bronze
- 2007 Riverland Wine Show - Bronze
- 2007 Australian Inland Wine Show - Commendable
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Richland Shiraz: |
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Richland Shiraz has brick red with crimson hues. The Richland Shiraz is a warm, rich approachable wine. Aromas of ripe berry fruit and smoky oak give way to a medium weight wine with a well rounded mid palate. Long soft oak tannins support varietal fruit and spicy black pepper flavors. Excellent to drink now or will gain added complexity with short term cellaring.
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The Calabria range is dedicated to the Calabria family.
The Calabria range is a premium range with ‘alternative varietals’ such as Viognier, St Macaire and Shiraz Viognier which are also barrel matured.
Saint Macaire is a rare French variety and Westend Estate is currently the only producer of Saint Macaire in Australia giving Westend Estate a point of difference in the market.
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Calabria Shiraz Viognier: |
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A dash of Viognier was fermented with our Shiraz to create this full, fragrant wine. With notes of ripe cherry, plum and cinnamon, it shows all the hallmarks of this traditional European blend.
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Calabria Saint Macaire: |
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Westend are the only makers of this rare Australian variety. The powerful mouth puckering palate displays rich blackberries, plum flavours complimented by toasty French and American oak resulting in a long fine tannin finish.
Awards 2006 Vintage:
2007 Perth Royal Wine Show – Silver
2007 Riverina Wine Show – Bronze
2007 Cowra Wine Show – Bronze
2007 Royal Hobart International Wine Show - Bronze |
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3 Bridges is Westend Estate’s super premium range.
Displaying exceptional quality, the 3 Bridges range continually wins accolades on the domestic and international wine show circuit. The super premium range is barrel matured for 12 to 18 months. The range includes Durif, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Botrytis Semillon.
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3 Bridges Chardonnay: |
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3 Bridges Chardonnay is a fine example of a great Australian Chardonnay. Vibrant straw yellow in color, this wine is generous with ripe fruit and nutty aromas. Creamy yeast, subtle oak and mouth filling buttery characters combine with melon and stone fruit to reveal a well structured and flavorsome wine. Finishing long on the palate, this wine will gain added depth and complexity with cellaring.
Awards Vintage 2004:
2006 Australian Inland Wine show – 3 Trophies
2006 Sydney Royal Wine Show – Bronze
2006 Perth Royal Wine Show – Silver
2006 Royal Melbourne Wine Show - Silver
2006 Riverina Wine Show – Bronze
2006 Riverina Wine Show - Bronze
2006 Royal Queensland Wine Show - Gold
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3 Bridges Cabernet Sauvignon: |
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3 Bridges Cabernet Sauvignon is a big intense Cabernet. Spicy blackcurrant and mulberry fruit merge with tobacco, chocolate and mint flavors. Ripe fruit integrates well with cedar and vanillin oak combine to provide complexity, ensuring a well balanced, mouth filling and flavorsome finish. This wine is perfect to drink now or will age well in the medium to long term.
Awards Vintage 2005:
2006 Rutherglen Wine Show – Gold
2007 AWC International Wine Challenge – Gold
2007 Australian inland Wine Show – Sliver
2007 Cowra Wine Show – Bronze
2007 Adelaide Wine Show – Bronze
2007 Canberra Wine Show – Bronze
2007 Royal Hobart International Wine Show - Bronze
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Westend Estates 3 Bridges Chardonnay has achieved outstanding results, making the ‘Best Australian Wines Under $20’ section. Receiving an exceptional 90 points out of 100 Oliver comments; "A wine whose richness and finesse could easily eclipse many significantly dearer wines. Big, broad but balanced, this smooth and harmonious chardonnay reveals a delicate perfume of peach and melon over nutty, dusty and lightly toasty nuances of vanilla oak. Smooth and buttery, its generous, juicy expression of peaches, cream and grapefruit-like flavour, sweet vanilla oak and buttery malolactic undertones finishes with a soft but tightly knit acidity.” (Page 288) |
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Making the press again is one of Westend’s most successful wine, 3 Bridges Durif, Oliver has rated this wine 87 points out of 100. “This very forward, juicy and in-your-face durif offers a meaty dollop of dark plums, blackberries and briar backed by some pretty toasty, caramel and vanilla-like American oak.” (Page 288)
Also receiving great reviews are the 3 Bridges Cabernet Sauvignon and the 3 Bridges Golden Mist Botrytis Semillon. Oliver awards the Golden Mist Botrytis 89 points while the Cabernet Sauvignon received 87 points out of 100.
Overall Oliver comments “Bill Calabria’s family business continues to make Griffith’s finest range of wine. The 3 Bridges range reflects his desire to put Riverina wines on the same stage as the finest from the more fashionable regions.” |
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Quaff 2008 By Peter Forrestal |
29th October 2008 |
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Forrestal considers the reliables as "consistent-quality wines, year in, year out. The Westend Richland Sauvignon Blanc is one of the Reliables having been reviewed in each edition of Quaff. It’s stunning performance as most of the other Riverina, or indeed warm area, sauvignons lack intensity and concentration of flavour." (Page 66)
Rated as GOOD in Quaff, Forrestal comments on the Richland Sauvignon Blanc. "A drum roll for the Riverina's best and most consistent Sauvignon Blanc of all time. In 2007, it has that bright grassy, green bean character that heralds a crisp, clean, fruity wine". (Page 68)
Richland Pinot Grigio is rated as 'BLOODY GOOD'. "A terrific quaffer, but it's not what you expect of Pinot Grigio - but I’m not sure it matters...Easy to like". (Page 77)
Also rated as 'BLOODY GOOD' in Quaff is the Richland Shiraz, Forrestal comments on this "fantastic wine". "It's from Bill Calabria and his team at a standout Riverina Winery...their best red under the label...lively, juicy red current and black plum flavours, is succulent and freshly, almost velvety, before a clean, refreshing finish. A delicious quaffer". (Page 123) "The affable Bill Calabria and the guys at Westend Estate make some terrific wines" including the Richland Cabernet Merlot which is rated as 'BLOODY GOOD'. Forrestal considers this wine as "An attractive musk stick and blackberry pastille fragrances, smooth texture, dark plum and blackcurrent flavours...a good current drinking - though you could hold on to it for a little while". (Page 136)
Outback Cabernet Merlot, rated as 'PRETTY GOOD' by Forrestal who comments on "The Cheapie of Westend Estates ranges". Forrestal expresses the "musk stick aromas, sweet red berry flavours and firm, reasonably strong tannins". (Page 138)
Calabria Saint Macaire has featured in the other red varietals category. Forrestal has concentrated on this rare variety in which Westend Estate are the only makers of in Australia, "I don't know of anybody else but Bill Calabria who produces a wine from this grape variety". Rated as 'PRETTY GOOD', Forrestal also comments "It's aromatically intriguing with talc, musk stick fragrances, ripe sweet fruit flavour and high acidity to finish. Different". (Page 133) |
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Westend Estates award winning 3 Bridges Durif have made the headlines again. Featuring in the recent Gourmet Traveler WINE magazine. The popular 3 Bridges Durif has been awarded five stars and scored 93 points out of 100 within the category 'Winemakers Section Durif', with an outstanding review; "A dual gold-medal winner and a standout durif, beating Rutherglen at its own game. With plum cake and fruitcake, its clean and ultra-ripe to sniff, vibrant and massive, bold and bolshine". |
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Westend Estate is a proven quality maker of Durif, a rare variety in Australian winemaking with grapes grown in the warmer climates of Riverina and Rutherglen regions. What makes Westend Estate's Durif special? Bill Calabria, Chief Winemaker and Managing Director says. "We have won over 55 medals for our Durif variety since 2001." This clearly makes Westend Estate one of the best makers of Durif in Australian winemaking. Durif is a deeply coloured wine, full bodied and lively.
The vine buds shoot inconveniently early but coupled with our warm climate gives wines of good structure and acidity. The 3 Bridges Durif has won 11 trophies, 28 Gold, 20 Silver and 16 Bronze since 2001 and was recognised as one of the Top 40 Wines of NSW. This wine was also in the taste off for the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy at the Melbourne Wine Show last year.
The 3 Bridges Durif is an intense deep purple colour with a vibrant purple hue. It displays an aromatic blood plum and dark chocolate nose. The full bodied palate of ripe blackberries, plums and chocolate is supported by toasty American oak, contributing vanillan and coconut. The palate is rich with a big tannic mouth feel and long fine-grained tannin finish, with sweet fruit and warm alcohol. 3 Bridges Durif retails for $19.95.
Westend Estate have always set a high standard for quality and exhibited consistency and excellence across all wine ranges. These achievements not only enhance the reputation of the Westend winemaking team but the Riverina region as a whole. Westend Estate continue to over deliver on all their products and are continuously implementing innovative ideas in order to produce wines of uniqueness, excellence for consumers to experience and enjoy. |
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For More Information About Our Wines
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Paul Lenon – Export Manager |
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Tel: +61 2 6969 0800 |
Fax: +61 2 6962 1673 |
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Westend Estate Pty Ltd
1283 Brayne Rd
Griffith, 2680
NSW - Australia
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