# The best Australian wines: Halliday Wine Companion Awards 2025

The wine winners of the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion Awards, chosen from more than 7,500 wines reviewed: Oakridge's Yarra Valley Chardonnay was Wine of the Year and Giant Steps the Winery of the Year.

- 89 votes · 16 items
- Jan 30, 2026 · Zoe T.
- https://even.best/en/l/1620/the-best-australian-wines-halliday-wine-companion-awards-2025

## Top 16

1. **Oakridge 864 Drive Block Funder & Diamond Vineyard Chardonnay 2022** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Wine of the Year, Chardonnay and White Wine of the Year (98 points). Yarra Valley, Victoria.
2. **All Saints Estate Museum Muscat NV** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Fortified Wine of the Year with a perfect 100 points. Rutherglen, Victoria.
3. **Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 2 2022** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Shiraz of the Year and Red Wine of the Year (99 points). Yarra Valley.
4. **Mount Mary Quintet 2022** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Cabernet & Blends of the Year (98 points). Yarra Valley.
5. **Sutton Grange Fairbank Rosé 2023** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Rosé of the Year (96 points). Central Victoria.
6. **Brown Brothers Patricia Brut Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2018** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Sparkling Wine of the Year (98 points). King Valley, Victoria.
7. **Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Pinot Noir of the Year (98 points), from the Winery of the Year. Yarra Valley.
8. **Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 3 2022** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Other Reds & Blends of the Year (98 points). Yarra Valley.
9. **MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2022** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Other Whites & Blends of the Year (97 points). McLaren Vale.
10. **Quealy Feri Maris Single Block Pinot Grigio 2023** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Pinot Gris/Grigio of the Year (96 points). Mornington Peninsula.
11. **Thistledown This Charming Man Clarendon Grenache 2023** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Grenache & Blends of the Year (98 points). McLaren Vale.
12. **Rieslingfreak No. 12 Riesling 2023** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Riesling of the Year (98 points). Eden Valley, South Australia.
13. **Silkman Wines Single Vineyard Blackberry Semillon 2023** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Semillon of the Year (98 points). Hunter Valley, NSW.
14. **Houghton Jack Mann Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cabernet Sauvignon of the Year (98 points). Frankland River, WA.
15. **Pressing Matters R139 Riesling 2022** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sweet Wine of the Year (97 points). Tasmania.
16. **Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Sauvignon Blanc of the Year (97 points). Wrattonbully, South Australia.

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