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'Duck, Duck, Pinot' - Saturday 18th May
Join us for an autumn inspired dinner to celebrate our new release pinot noirs. All of our current release pinots will be available for a private tasting in the cellar door from 6-7pm, followed by a dinner in the glass room restaurant at 7pm. Served with matched wines for each course, dinner will explore the classic pairing of 'duck and pinot'.
When: Saturday 18th May, 2013. Tasting from 6pm, dinner at 7pm.
Where: Mandala Wines, 1568 Melba Highway, Dixons Creek
Cost: $95 per person, includes wine tasting, 3 course dinner and matched wines.
Bookings: 03 5965 2016 or info@mandalawines.com.au
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Entree
Spiced duck consomme, chestnut tortellini
Main
Duck cassoulet, lyonnais sausage
Dessert
Treacle tart, creme fraiche
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Reviews
Wine Taste Weekly Newsletter
"Mandala Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 2010. An approachable lunch-time claret style of fragrant cabernet of violet perfume and blackcurrant and cassis fruit, sourced from Mandala's estate vineyard established at Dixon's Creek 25 years ago. It presents impressive fruit concentration for an elegant and low alcohol cabernet, with notes of lead pencil oak hovering in the background, wrapped in graphite-fine, softly textured tannins. Drink: 2012-2025, 92 Points."
- Tyson Stelzer, January 2013
'Best Buy Wines' - Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine
"2010 Mandala Shiraz, Yarra Valley. This shiraz has surprising density and structure for a Yarra Valley wine, albeit from the warm side of the valley at Dixon's Creek. it has a deep red-purple hue and a nutmeg touch to its spicy aromas, laced with a trace of fresh earth. The palate has a lot of flesh and depth, with liberal tannins, and the structure is balanced by delicious fruit sweetness. It's drinking well now but has a lot of potential for cellaring, too. Drink now to 2025."
- Huon Hook, November 2012
'Easy Wines' - Central Telegraph
"2012 Mandala Pinot Noir: Ripe flavoursome berries in this excellent pinot from one of the Yarra Valley's best wineries. A pinot to look out for and one for the rack. 94/100"
- Peter Chapman, March 2013
'One to Note: Mandala'
"Mandala in Victoria's Yarra Valley has released an interestingly quite soft and delicate 2011 Pinot Noir made from 80 per cent fruit from the company's Yarra Junction vineyard and 20 per cent from its Dixons Creek. Forever fastidious about their fruit, Mandala discarded 30 per cent of what they picked, retaining only the best 70 per cent for this wine that's got soft raspberry, cherry and strawberry fruit flavours on the palate, nice acidity, fine oak tannins and earthy and savoury notes."
- David Ellis, March 2013
Special Offers
Friday Grazing Lunches
Every Friday we offer a delicious two course lunch with tea or coffee for $45. Join us for four individual lunches, and the fifth is on us!
Quote 'The Butterfly' to receive a free glass of Mandala wine with you lunch. Call 03 5965 2016 or email info@mandalawines.com.au to book.
De'Vine Escape Special Offer
We have teamed up with local accomodation De'Vine Escape to offer you a great value package for just $380 per couple. The package includes an overnight stay at De'Vine Escape, a two course lunch or dinner in our glasshouse restaurant with a glass of Mandala Wine and coffee and a 10% discount on all Mandala Wines purchased from our cellar door.
In the morning you can also enjoy a buffet breakfast for two at De'Vine Escape. For enquiries and bookings call 03 5965 2084 or email bookings@devineescape.com.au.
