Singlefile Pre-Release Tasting: The Inimitable Great Southern Region
Singlefile is one of Australia’s great wineries …based on the reviews alone. See the almost overwhelming list of extraordinary & consistent reviews and accolades below.
“… the Great Southern’s Singlefile is just another of these incredibly competently-handled boutique wineries that seem to have a never-ending string of superb and reasonably priced wines that are amongst the very best…”
- John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly
“The consistency of the quality of the Singlefile wines is outstanding, as is their value for money.”
- James Halliday’s Wine Companion 2021
“If I tasted this blind on a good day, I may think it a fine producer's Meursault from a top site.”
- Ned Goodwin MW on the sold out Singlefile Vivienne Chardonnay 2015
Singlefile Sunday - August 3rd
Lunch Hosted by:
Patrick & Pamela Corbett, Co-Founders & Managing Directors & Coby Ladwig, Winemaker
Masterclass & Dinner Hosted by:
Coby Ladwig, Winemaker & Megan Belcher, Cellar Door and Wine Club manager
Lunch: Noon - 3pm, 12 wines with a four course menu, $150
Masterclass: 4pm - 6pm, 12 wines with Kate Lamont nibbles, $75
Dinner: 6.30pm- 9pm, 12 wines with a four course menu, $150
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Singlefile Wines was co-founded in 2007 by geologists Phil and Viv Snowden, along with their daughter Pam and son-in-law Patrick Corbett. They all had successful careers prior to the establishment of Singlefile, but their pathways became inextricably woven together thanks to their shared love of wine. Patrick and Pam lived in Italy as a young couple, which crystallised their appreciation for exceptional wines. Reuniting with Phil and Viv over summer holidays gave the family an opportunity to discover Old World wine regions together, planting the seed for creating their own winery.
When Phil and Viv sold their successful consultancy, Snowden Mining, in 2004 they went in search of their next venture. Together with Patrick and Pam, they dug deep to learn more about the principal wine regions of Australia, with a goal to uncover the best site for producing outstanding cool-climate wines. Their search took them to Denmark in Western Australia, where they discovered their piece of paradise. Drawing on their unrivalled geological experience, Phil and Viv selected an established vineyard they felt promised the ultimate expression of Denmark’s terroir. This property, where the cellar door is now located, became the home of Singlefile and the foundation of its acclaimed Chardonnay wines.
After building the Cellar Door, Patrick and Pam moved their family to the east coast of Australia for a year to build the distribution, working with sommeliers, trade partners and consumers to grow awareness of Singlefile. Phil and Viv worked on refining their viticultural practices and growing the cellar door presence to invite people into their winery home.
Today Patrick plays a vital role in the production of all Singlefile wines. Pam administers the day-to-day business operations. Phil and Viv live on the Denmark property, keeping a keen eye on the vineyards along with the Cellar Door.
Quality always comes first, and this outcome has been achieved by a minimal intervention approach in both the vineyard and the winery. Singlefile wines are made as naturally as possible, allowing the nuances of the environment to shine through in the final product.
Singlefile is proud to be widely recognised as one of the finest wineries in the Great Southern region. What drives the entire Singlefile family is the desire to craft wines at the top of their game, manifested in the Latin motto on Singlefile’s crest, Semper Superne Nitens – “the pursuit of excellence”.
singlefilewines.com -
Top 100 Winery in the World - Wine & Spirits Magazine 2015
Top Wineries of Australia -The Real Review 2022 & 2024
Top 50 Wine Experiences in the World - Gourmet Traveller Wine’s 2023
Top 10 Best Value Winery in Australia 2018 & 2020 - James Halliday Wine Companion
Ray Jordan's Producer of the Year 2024
“Singlefile moves quickly to join state's best”
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Ray Jordan's Top 100 Reds 2022, 2023 & 2024
"Singlefile really excelled as the most successful producer"Gold Medal Winner 2023 -Perth Airport Western Australian Tourism Awards
Top 10 Best Value Winery in Australia 2018 & 2020
James Halliday Wine Companion37 Wines score 95 points or above in last 3 years with 36 highlighted for their value.
The 2022 Great Southern awarded 3 trophies:
Best Wine, Best Dry Riesling (International) and Best Riesling In Australia at the Canberra International Riesling Challenge 2022
(ahead of over 400 Rieslings submitted by producers from regions across Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, France and USA)The Singlefile Vivienne Chardonnay 2021 awarded Gold Medal and Best in Show by Varietal at 2024 London Wine Competition
The Singlefile Vivienne Chardonnay 2020 scored 98 points, Equal Top in Category, at Winestate Chardonnay Tasting,
Dec 2022. Also named Top of Chardonnay Class by Huon Hooke, The Real Review 2024The Singlefile Vivienne Chardonnay 2017 is equal 4th in Halliday’s 2021 Wine Companion Chardonnay rankings, on 98 points, & on a point below the 99 point and best ever 2016 and 2017 Leeuwin Art series Chardonnays and the best ever 2017 Penfolds Yattarna.
The 4 highest ranked WA Chardonnays in the 2021 Wine Companion are the 2 greatest Leeuwin Estate Art Series ever, the 2016 and 2017, the best ever Vasse Felix Heytesbury 2018 …and … and… Singlefile’s The Vivienne Chardonnay, 2017! From Denmark! And they do this consistently.
The Singlefile Vivienne Chardonnay 2015 received 98 points and Best Chardonnay in the 2019 James Halliday Wine Companion Edition.
Another eight Singlefile wines received 95+ points (gold) in the Halliday Wine Companion 2019 Edition.
Singlefile’s The Vivienne Chardonnay 2012 was Equal Top Chardonnay with the 2013 Vasse Felix Heytesbury In Australian Gourmet Traveller’s Chardonnay Issue
(In 2015?Singlefile’s 2014 Reserve Chardonnay was WineState Magazine’s Chardonnay Winner, any price range, in their 2016 Chardonnay issue from the several hundred Chardonnays tasted AND also Winestate’s Chardonnay of the Year 2016.
The Singlefile SSB 2016 was JJ’s most delicious SSB of the year.
The 2015 Singlefile Single Vineyard Riesling was James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion equal third highest riesling in the 2018 edition.
The Singlefile The Vivienne Chardonnay 2014 was Halliday’s equal highest pointed chardonnay of the Wine Companion 2018 edition.
Singlefile had a 98 point and five 97-point reviews in the Wine Companion 2018 edition.
Singlefile’s 2017 Great Southern Riesling (18.5pts) & Mt Barker (18.4pts) were equal 1st and 3rd in one of JJ’s masked 22 premium rieslings panel tasting.
And the Cabernets? Well, is it enough to say that Singlefile placed…
No.3 in Halliday’s top 24 for the year at 97 points or above in the 2018 Wine Companion edition
Oh yes, and the 2015 & current Philip Adrian, Singlefile’s premium Cabernet Sauvignon release, is listed at No. 10 in the 2019 Wine Companion’s Best of Variety ranking – against the finest of this country’s simply marvellous Cabernet Sauvignons.
Other Awards:
Dark Horse Winery of the Year (2014) - James Halliday Wine Companion
Singlefile was the only producer in all of Australia to have four wines selected in The Weekend Australian’s Top 100 Wines of 2018
The Wine List
On Arrival
2025 Singlefile Single Vineyard Mount Barker Riesling (pre-release)
95 Points, Aaron Brasher, The Real Review (review on the previous vintage - 2024)
& ranked #1 of 29 2024 Riesling from Great Southern
Lemon, lime, feijoa, white flowers and bath salt aromas are all at play. Fine, pithy and focused in flavour, with a pure drive of citrus, just-ripe stone fruit and textured, grippy acidity. Long and with plenty of presence.
2025 Singlefile 'The Pamela' Porongurup Riesling (pre-release)
92 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review (review on the previous vintage - 2024)
& ranked #10 of 29 2024 Riesling from Great Southern
Dried flower aromas, dried herbs too, pleasant and typical Australian riesling nose. Palate has good intensity and focus, refinement and length, finishing clean and dry and more-ish. A keeper.
First Bracket
2024 Singlefile Family Reserve Denmark Chardonnay (current release)
96 Points, Ray Jordan
Thoroughly beautiful chardonnay from a Denmark vineyard planted in 1989. It was whole bunch pressed and fermented in a one third new and two thirds one year old French barriques. Partial malolactic fermentation with regular lees stirring over six months. On the nose grapefruit and zest lemon emerge. The palate has a fine minerality and delicate acid to sustain through to a long finish. Really impressive chardonnay.
2022 Singlefile 'The Vivienne' Denmark Chardonnay (pre-release)
97 points, James Halliday, The Wine Companion (review on the previous vintage - 2024)
& named in Top Rated Chardonnays of the 2025 Wine Companion
"The fruit for this luscious estate-vineyard chardonnay came from three picks, end of February to 25 March, each parcel chilled and pressed direct to new and used French barriques for fermentation and 10 months maturation, including some malolactic fermentation, without obscuring the javelin of acidity that holds the citrus/honey/fig trifecta together."
- James Halliday
1st Course
Second Bracket
2024 Singlefile Single Vineyard Porongurup Pinot Noir (pre-release)
94 Points, Ray Jordan (review on the previous vintage - 2023)
Comes from the Misery Hill vineyard in the Porongurup. Has a dominant savoury character that pervades through the nose and the palate. It’s medium bodied with excellent depth and persistence. Strikes an excellent oak and fruit balance with the fine chalky tannins doing their thing. Hard to beat for a pinot selling for less than $40.
2024 Singlefile Single Vineyard Mount Barker Pinot Noir (current release)
94 Points, Ray Jordan (review on the previous vintage - 2023)
& Ray Jordan's Top 100 Reds 2024
This is a really impressive pinot from Mount Barker. It has a nice point of difference with the highly aromatic Porongurups pinot. This wine is scented by aromas of cherry and spice, with a trace of raspberry confection. The palate is firmly held with fine tannin and a light touch of oak.
2023 Singlefile Family Reserve Denmark Pinot Noir (first release!)
2nd Course
Third Bracket
2024 Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Clément V (current release)
95 Points, Ray Jordan (review on the previous vintage - 2023)
Can’t remember a better example of this wine. It’s a mataro grenache and shiraz blend from the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River in this wonderful vintage. A deep mass of dark fruit explodes from the glass. Spicy plum, dark chocolate and dark cherry aromas invade the senses. A rich vein of fruit cascades across the palate. It’s juicy and plush with brightness and energy.
2024 Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Shiraz (current release)
96 Points, Ray Jordan (review on the previous vintage - 2023)
Winner Ray Jordan's Top 100 Reds, 2024
Stunning. This came out on top of 700 wines submitted from around Australia for my annual Top 100 red wines selling for less than $40. From the time I brought the glass to my nose to the final lick of the lips, I knew this wine was something special. Perfumed spicy plummy notes with a little raspberry confectionery nuance. The palate is sublime with a seamless integration of oak and tannin.
3rd Course
Fourth Bracket
2023 Singlefile Great Southern Cabernet Merlot (current release)
93 Points - Australia Wine Showcase Awards (review on the previous vintage - 2022)
2023 Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Cabernet (current release)
95 Points - Australia Wine Showcase Awards (review on the previous vintage - 2022)
Splendid complexity of cigar box and chocolate fragrances. Licorice and spice notes mingle with intense fruit flavours.
2021 Singlefile 'The Philip Adrian' Frankland River Cabernet (pre-release)
97 Points, Ray Jordan (review on the previous vintage - 2020)
A most refined and stylish cabernet from this very good vintage. There is a purity of expression here that partly conceals the deep and intense palate concentration. Leafy aromas with a trace of minerally oyster shell and ironstone. The palate is more in the medium bodied area with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak lacing it together into a distinctly linear presentation through to a long finish.
