Its Origins
Bilancia is the boutique label of Lorraine Leheny and Warren Gibson, both winemaking graduates of Roseworthy College, South Australia. Warren is also the winemaker with the award-winning Trinity Hill Winery in Hawkes Bay, named New Zealand Winemaker of The Year in 2007. Their love of wine has seen Warren and Lorraine involved in winemaking since 1987 in Hungary, Southern Italy, Western Australia, California and France. The name Bilancia, (pronounced ‘bi-larn-cha’) reflects Warren and Lorraine’s love of Italy. Italian for balance, harmony and equilibrium, it also denotes their shared star sign of Libra. Balance is the target in their wines – a desire to have all aspects equal in structure.
What The Critics Say
96/100 Bob Campbell MW
"Tasted alongside the 2014 vintage, this is a rather chunkier and flavoursome version. It's an impressive and more structured wine that promises to age very well, although at this stage I prefer the more elegant, subtle 2014 vintage. Dark berry, violet, roasted nut, a hint of wood-smoke and spicy oak. A serious syrah with a bright future 11/6/2018." Drink 2018 - 2032
5 Stars Michael Cooper
"La Collina ('The Hill') is grown at Bilancia's steep, early-ripening site on the northern slopes of Roys Hill, overlooking the Gimblett Gravels, Hawke's Bay, co-fermented with Viognier skins (but not their juice, giving a tiny Viognier component in the final blend), and matured for 20 to 24 months in 85 per cent new (but 'low-impact') French oak barriques. A majestic red, it ranks among the country's very finest Syrahs. The 2015 vintage (5*) is full-coloured, with a floral, complex bouquet. Still very youthful, it is savoury, with strong, ripe, plummy, spicy flavours, fine-grained tannins, and a lasting finish. Open 2020+." Drink 2018 - 2028
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Raymond Chan
$119.00 in mixed 6+ or $133.00 per bottle
Parker's Wine Advocate
$110.00 in mixed 6+ or $125.00 per bottle
Parker's Wine Advocate
$130.00 in mixed 6+ or $145.00 per bottle