Hamelin Bay
Hamelin Bay Wines in the Margaret River wine region was established by the Drake-Brockman family in 1992. The family-run vineyard near Karridale is now also home to a cellar door and restaurant.
Margaret River’s world-class wine region is located in the South West of Western Australia. Surrounded by ocean, the area is blessed with a maritime climate; wet winters and mild, dry summers. Fine wines, abundant local gourmet food, pristine beaches and majestic forests combine to make the region a favourite tourist destination.
Ancestral ties with the area date back to the first European settlement. Owner Richard Drake-Brockman is the great grandson of Grace Bussell, whose family first settled in the Margaret River region in 1830. Grace is famous for her courage as a 16 year old when in 1876, with aboriginal stockman Sam Isaacs, she rescued the survivors of the ‘Georgette’ shipwreck at Redgate Beach. Richard’s great grandfather Frederick Brockman, known for his exploration of the Kimberley, read about Grace’s feat in the newspaper and was so impressed he rode 300km on horseback to meet her! This romantic tale ended happily when they married in 1882. In a stroke of serendipity, Hamelin Bay’s vineyard and winery is fittingly located at the intersection of the Brockman and Bussell Highways, which were named in honour of these two pioneering families.
Five Ashes vineyard is one of Margaret River’s most picturesque vineyards. The moderate maritime climate and a north facing ridge of prime gravely loam soils are ideal for premium quality grape growing. The exceptional wine produced reflects these superb natural attributes of our 26 hectare vineyard. The Whites are positioned on a cool Easterly slope with soils varying from prized Forest Grove gravels to Karri loams, whilst the Reds are situated on a warmer North-facing slope beneath the cellar door on deep, dark gravel loams. The whites exude freshness and elegance, and the Reds have restrained power and depth, both with distinctive and intense characters specific to each particular variety, block and site.
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