Daring to Dream

Premium, single vineyard wines from Orange

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Our Wines

2015 Chardonnay-Pinot Noir Sparkling

2015 Chardonnay-Pinot Noir Sparkling

$70.00

2017 Vintage Brut Sparkling

2017 Vintage Brut Sparkling

$55.00

2022 Block 5 Riesling

2022 Block 5 Riesling

$45.00

2021 Reserve Chardonnay

2021 Reserve Chardonnay

$60.00

2021 Block 2 Chardonnay

2021 Block 2 Chardonnay

$50.00

2017 Blanc de Blancs Sparkling

2017 Blanc de Blancs Sparkling

$55.00

2022 Gewurztraminer

2022 Gewurztraminer

$45.00

People

Meet Team Colmar – the dedicated group of people that have made Colmar Estate happen

"This producer is becoming a tour de force of fizz and riesling"

Ned Goodwin, Halliday

"Colmar Estate is one of the emerging stars of the Orange wine region"

Huon Hooke, The Real Review

The Orange Wine Region

The Orange Wine Region is known for its high altitude vineyards. The higher you go the cooler it gets, allowing a wide range of grape varieties to be grown successfully.

Most wine regions are known for one or two varieties; Orange is known for its incredible diversity. But there is one constant – the elegant, cool climate style of the wines.

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Our story

How we fell in love with vineyards

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1991

1991 - The first vines are planted

A mix of red and white varieties is chosen. Planting is completed in 2000 with the riesling block near the cellar door.

2013

2013 - We purchase the vineyard

Plans are made to build a house and move from Sydney to Orange.

2014

2014 - Our first vintage

A tough one, with two major rain events, yet two of our wines win trophies at the NSW Wine Awards. We realise we are onto something special.

2015

2015 - Getting the varieties right

Under-performing red varieties – cabernet sauvignon and merlot – are grafted to white varieties and pinot noir more suited to the cool site.

2016

2016 - Some big wins!

Colmar Estate blitzes the Orange Wine Show, winning five trophies including Best White Wine and Best Wine of Show.

2020

2020 - 27 trophies in five years

Colmar Estate becomes the Orange Region’s most awarded vineyard, winning 27 trophies at Australian wine shows in our first five vintages.

Present

Present - Daring to dream

We now know we can make very good wines. Our challenge for the future is to make great wines that will be savoured and discussed for many years to come. 

News

Orange: NSW’s best wine region?

By Bill Shrapnel on Mar 25, 2024

Time to brag a bit. Orange has really come of age over the last decade and is now laying claim to being New South Wales best wine region. A big call? Let’s take a look at the results of the 2023 NSW Wine Awa...

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Decoding wine babble

By Bill Shrapnel on Feb 23, 2024

Don’t you love it when someone tastes a wine and then blurts out something like: “Oh, meadow flowers, misty mornings, a whiff of honeysuckle, ripe dewberry, I’m getting bergamot, hmmm, Jersey caramel, a whis...

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Come to Orange this Summer!

By Sarah Shrapnel on Jan 19, 2024

Despite being located in the Central West of NSW, Orange can thank its high altitude for the relatively mild summer days. If it's stinking hot in Sydney, it's generally 10 degrees cooler out here. Plus, ther...

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Wines for Christmas dinner

By Bill Shrapnel on Dec 07, 2023

As the Christmas feast approaches all serious wine lovers are no doubt focused on which wines they intend to pull out of the cellar to share around. Decisions, decisions. First and foremost, they should be g...

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The joy of tannin

By Bill Shrapnel on Nov 30, 2023

A wine guru once said that the difference between a very good red wine and a great wine was in the quality of the tannins. Whoa, quality of tannins? What was she on about? While red wines contain acids givin...

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The Riesling Renaissance, at last

By Bill Shrapnel on Nov 03, 2023

There was a fascinating discussion at the Riesling Masterclass held in association with the 2023 Orange Wine Show. It revolved around how narrowly conceived quality riesling has been in the Australian wine s...

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