HOLLOWMERE
Estate wines from the old Brackenwater riverbank, Mudgee
CELLAR DOOR OPEN THURSDAY TO MONDAY, 10AM–5PM
THE RANGES · MUDGEE
Four ranges, one riverbank. The rings tell you where you are.
From the everyday to the long-held, each range carries a ring for every step up the ladder. One ring to start, four for the cellar.
RED HERONS
A juicy Mudgee blend of Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet, raised in French oak. Open tonight, no occasion required.
ESTATE
The heart of the vineyard. French and Italian varieties raised on river stone.
VINEYARD SELECTION
Select parcels from great vineyards beyond the estate, Hilltops and wider New South Wales, made with the same hand.
CELLAR RESERVE & COLLECTIONS
Museum releases and curated cases. The 2018 Merlot, seven years in bottle.
THE WINEMAKER
“Wine is a journey, and every bottle is a destination through space and time.”
CAMILLE ROUSSET
Camille Rousset was born in Bordeaux and makes his home in Mudgee with his young family. He manages the vineyard and makes the wine, fifteen hectares of French and Italian varieties, hand-picked in the cool of the morning. The discipline is French, the warmth is Italian, the light is entirely Australian.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
WINTER ON THE OLD RIVERBANKTERROIR · BRACKEN HOLLOW
An ancient riverbed, read from the top down
The Brackenwater once ran through these rows. What it left behind, stone, clay and sand, decides which vine goes where, and why the wines taste of the place.
THE HOLLOWMERE CLUB
The vineyard, delivered twice a year
Camille chooses each parcel himself, hand-packed at the cellar door and sent when the season turns.
THE SIX
$180
SIX BOTTLES, TWICE A YEAR
THE TWELVE
$330
TWELVE BOTTLES, TWICE A YEAR
No joining fees. No lock-in.
STAY · TWO GUESTHOUSES
Stay on a working vineyard
Two guesthouses sit among the vines, a short walk from the cellar door. Wake to fog on the rows, walk the riverbank before breakfast, and finish the day on the verandah with a bottle from the range.
Midweek, stay three nights and pay for two, Monday to Thursday. Dogs welcome.
A bottle of Tre Onde waits on the bench when you arrive.
Sleeps 4–6 (two-bedroom) / 6–8 (three-bedroom).
BOOK DIRECT
TASTINGS
Seated tastings across the four ranges, $10 a person. Cheese boards $18. Bookings for six or more.
THIS SEASON
Alma by Ashley at the Cellar Door, Saturday 1 August. Mexican street food from $10, and Weaving with the Vines, wreath-making with freshly pruned canes, $45 a person.
48 Bracken Hollow Road, Bracken Hollow. Fifteen minutes from Mudgee, three and a half hours from Sydney.