James Halliday has released his 2011 Australian Wine Companion and Forester Estate has been awarded the 5 Star Winery Rating. Only 17.5% of wineries outlined in the book received a 5 star rating and James Halliday describes the requirements of a 5 star winery as follows;
“Outstanding winery capable of producing wines of very high quality, and did so this year. Also will usually have at least two wines rated 94 points or above. ”
Individually our wines were well received scoring the following points;
2007 Yelverton Reserve Cabernet – 96 Points (Not yet released)
2008 Chardonnay – 94 Points
2009 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc – 93 Points
2008 Cabernet Merlot – 93 Points (New Release – buy online now)
2005 Yelverton Reserve Cabernet – 92 Points
2004 Yelverton Reserve Cabernet – 91 Points
2009 Sauvignon Blanc – 90 Points
2008 Home Block Shiraz – 90 Points
2007 Shiraz – 89 Points
To see the reviews in full for each of the wines mentioned above please refer to the individual wine pages.
