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Case 02: Took the long way to dinner. Ask the locals, read the land, find her before sunset. Find her and go in the draw for $250 to dine at Doot Doot Doot, Jackalope.
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Shashi and Rohit Singh's biodynamic family estate, one of the Peninsula's only serious Syrah programs alongside the Amrit single-vineyard range.
Known for Biodynamic SyrahAmrit Single-Vineyard RangeSkin-Contact WhitesFamily Estate
Avani Wines · Red Hill Avani Wines in 5 photographs
Why we’d goAvani is the Peninsula's quiet Syrah specialist, and that alone is reason enough to drive here.
Avani is the Peninsula's quiet Syrah specialist, and that alone is reason to visit. Shashi and Rohit Singh run the estate as a genuinely small family operation, biodynamically farmed, hand-worked, and unusually focused on Syrah at a time when nearly every other cellar door on the ridge has all-in on Pinot Noir. The Amrit single-vineyard wines, Syrah, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and a skin-contact white, are quietly among the most interesting bottles coming out of the region.
The cellar door is intimate and overlooks the estate's own vines. Shashi often pours, which turns a tasting into a conversation about biodynamics, Peninsula soils, and why a cooler-than-usual block can grow a Syrah that nobody saw coming. The operator lists a Gourmet Traveller Best Small Cellar Door award in 2022.
Book ahead. Ask for the skin-contact white. Bring home a bottle of the Syrah, it ages quietly and well.
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If you only do one thing
Book ahead, ask for the skin-contact white in the tasting, and take a bottle of the Syrah home, it ages quietly and well.
Works well with
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Bookings are recommended and walk-ins are welcome. Confirm current service and group arrangements with Avani before travelling.
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