Levantine Hill Samantha’s Paddock Mélange Traditionnel

Winemaker’s Notes: This eighth vintage of our flagship signature red blend epitomizes our commitment to honor and reflect the finest examples of the classic Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines upon which our region’s enviable reputation was forged and cemented. The excellent 2019 vintage provided a calm and extended growing season in the vein of the Yarra Valley’s signature and hallmark conditions.

This wine features aromas of cassis, loganberry, bramble, violets, vanilla bean, clove, cedar, camphor, graphite and high-end oak.The palate is supple, flavourful, ferrous, with blueberry, cranberry, wood sorrel, smoked meats, pink peppercorn and cocoa nib. It has a fine-grooved texture, with rustic yet regal tannins. It is confident, poised, elegant, with a resounding finish with profound length.

As a young wine, decanting is highly recommended.  

Wine Making: Produced from an assemblage of 10 small batches. All fruit was hand-picked, hand-sorted, de-stemmed, crushed and tipped direct to open fermenters. Fermentation was undertaken via natural yeast for c. one-third of the sugar prior to inoculation with select XR-Grand Rouge or BDX yeast. Ferments hand-plunged or run-off a maximum of once per day to facilitate very gentle extraction of color and tannin.   Fermentation temperature reached a maximum of 32°C. Cuvaison length ranged from 10 to 21 days on skins. Vats were pressed individually, settled overnight then racked to fill a combination of new and seasoned premium French oak casks. All components aged as singular batches prior to blending pre-bottling.

Levantine Hill has been recognized as the #2 winery in Australia in The Real Review’s 2026 Top Wineries of Australia, one of the country’s most respected benchmarks of wine quality.

This recognition reflects the consistency, precision and uncompromising standards found across our entire portfolio.

This wine is part of that same pursuit of excellence, crafted from our Yarra Valley vineyards and recognized among the finest wines in Australia.

This wine is vegan friendly.

750 ml bottle
12.5 alc/vol