THE TWO
ALEX BECKETT
Winemaker / Co-Founder
Alex is a highly awarded winemaker, with extensive experience gained from working in various viticultural regions across Australia and Internationally. He is deeply passionate about the industry, finding inspiration in wines that not only reflect their origin but also embody the future of sustainable farming.
JAN TABORSKY
Winemaker / Co-Founder
Jan is relatively speaking a newcomer to the wine industry, starting with a background in Journalism and media in the Czech Republic. Since moving to Australia to pursue his dream of wine he has championed a straightforward philosophy of respect to terroir. His work with unique grape varieties from high altitude cool climate Australian viticultural sites has lead to critical acclaim from both domestic and international wine media.
WINES IN BOTTLE
NEW ENGLAND CHARDONNAY 2023
The 2023 growing season in New South Wales was marked by a combination of challenge and potential. A wet spring ensured ample soil moisture and heightened disease pressure in the vineyard sites. Further, variable weather throughout flowering resulted in a lowering of yields in the sites we work with. Summer, however, delivered warmer-than-average temperatures fostering both vigorous growth as well as fruit maturity. Despite this, temperatures quickly lowered leading to a later-than-usual harvest in both regions allowing the grapes to ripen gradually and develop complex flavours. The conditions of 2023 ultimately supported exceptional fruit quality with meticulous vineyard management yielding wonderful wines with texture, focused acidity and significant character.
Lemongrass herbals, curry leaf, savoury earthy tones and nutty biscuity complexity. The palate is rich and laden with concentrated white peach, herbals, waxed lemon, creamy pastry and the typical New England muscular phenolic frame of pithy orchard skin wound into a flinty mineral finish.
This is fine wine paradigm wine. Tense and crisp, poised and persistent. It’s a tightly coiled wine that seems fragrant and pretty then delivers a compact and strict pathway with each sip. Green apple at its crunchiest and coolest, straight out of the fridge lemon water, crushed rock minerality, cooling, alpine herbal elements in tow. Supreme balance, an understatement, and yet the velocity and ferocious freshness leave their mark. Brilliant, electric and thirst-crushing stuff. I’m all over this for its distinct personality and interest.
SCORE 95, The Winefront, Mike Bennie
RRP $55 | Club $46.75
ORANGE CHARDONNAY 2023
The 2023 growing season in New South Wales was marked by a combination of challenge and potential. A wet spring ensured ample soil moisture and heightened disease pressure in the vineyard sites. Further, variable weather throughout flowering resulted in a lowering of yields in the sites we work with. Summer, however, delivered warmer-than-average temperatures fostering both vigorous growth as well as fruit maturity. Despite this, temperatures quickly lowered leading to a later-than-usual harvest in both regions allowing the grapes to ripen gradually and develop complex flavours. The conditions of 2023 ultimately supported exceptional fruit quality with meticulous vineyard management yielding wonderful wines with texture, focused acidity and significant character.
Ripe lemon and orchard fruit typical of the Orange region are surrounded by lemongrass and smoky mineral complexity. The palate is long and driven by structural acidity, delicate citrus fruits, mineral complexity and a latticework frame of pithy dry extract.
Quite restrained aromatically on first smell before unfolding with soft cinnamon spiced apple, apple blossom, brine, pear, lemon pith and pastry dough emerging with air. The palate ismedium-bodiedd with a slightly oily texture and a good burst of flavour. Pear, apple crumble, brine, Meyer lemon and lemon rind are wrapped up in a good lick of phenolic structure and a clean line ofapple-drenchedd acidity drawing to lovely length. This is quite pure with a delicious melding of fruit and salinity, and ample structure to frame what is a sapid palate. Very good.
SCORE 94, Wine Pilot, Tom Kline
RRP $55 | Club $46.75
WINES IN BARRELS
NEW ENGLAND CHARDONNAY 2024
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ORANGE CHARDONNAY 2024
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ORIGINES WINE CLUB
START WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING
With Origines we believe we are at the beginning of something special. We are exploring the unique flavours of cool climate New South Wales wine regions through the lens of Chardonnay.
Making all our Chardonnays in the same fashion we strive to unfold the authentic stories of these special places. We hope to soon expand beyond New South Wales territory and to start exploring other Australian Chardonnay regions and perhaps even work with Chardonnay from special sites in other countries.
We are at the beginning now, having a long, adventurous and exciting journey in front of us. And we would like to invite you to take the journey with us from the beginning.
Although we only made a very small batch of New England Chardonnay in our inaugural vintage, we would be pleased to offer a limited number of bottles to a group of founding members.
If you decide to take the journey with us from the very beginning, we would like to offer you:
- 6 bottle pack of our New England Chardonnay 2023 & Orange Chardonnay 2023 for $46.75 each (non-member price $55). 6pack orders come with free shipment.
- Allocation of up to 6 bottles of each New England Chardonnay 2024, Orange Chardonnay 2024 & Murrumbateman Chardonnay 2024 at release in Spring of 2025.
- A guaranteed allocation from all upcoming vintages.
- A 15% discount on all wine orders made and free shipping on all orders over a dozen.
- Exclusive invitations to annual events with winemakers & owners of Origines Wines, Alex Beckett & Jan Taborsky where we will explore the unique character of Origines wines in benchmark tastings with top flight Chardonnay's from around the globe.
If you would like to join us or know more details, please send us email to wine@origines.com.au
