Scoop Magazine Autumn 2010 Edition
2009 Unwooded Chardonnay - Awarded Bronze (16.3).
2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon - Awarded Bronze (15.5).

Ray Jordan's 2010 WA Wine Guide
- Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2008 - Score 90/100 Cellar 2 Years
This is a beautifully pure and refreshing blend from the Geographe Region. Aromas of fresh nettle and tropical fruits with a lift of Guava and light grassy herbaceousness. Nice current drinking wine.
- Shiraz Viognier 2007 - Score 86/100 Cellar 4 years
A medium bodied Shiraz with a little addition of Vigonier which provides a nice aromatic apricot and orange blossom lift on the nose. Lots of fleshy fruit with a long easy drinking palate showing good balance.
- Cabernet Merlot 2007 - Score 86/100 Cellar 4 years
A stylish and elegant blended red displaying lifted red berry and light mint characters. Its medium bodied with subtle use of American and French oak. Has a nice palate filling texture with good focus and persistence.

Peter Forrestal - Quaff 2010 : The Best Wines in Australia Under $15
Please note many wines in the book range from $15 to $20 including ours if purchased by the single bottle.
- Sauvignon Blanc 2008 - Pretty Good
This is fresh clean and lively with restrained tropical flavours and a zesty finish.
- Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2008 - Pretty Good
Here's a pleasant, easy drinking white from Geographe in Western Australia: It's fruity and zingy.
- Unwooded Chardonnay 2008 - Bloody Good
Oakway is a newish label based around the Hammond family's vineyard near Donnybrook in the Geographe region. This has attractive pure fruit, decent concentration of flavour and a long, lingering finish.
- Viognier 2008 - Pretty Good
This Geographe producer has a restrained Viognier that is clean and lively with some orange peel and apricot kernel notes and fresh natural acidity to finish.

James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010 Edition
- Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2008 - 4.5 Wine Glasses Rating 92.
Vibrant hue; focused vibrant fruit, with good mid-palate weight and juicy fruit on the palate; the finish shows poised acid, and vibrant texture.
- Unwooded Chardonnay 2008 - 4.5 Wine Glasses Rating 90.
A fine and fleshy wine, with lemon and grapefruit on the bouquet and palate, fine and full of fresh lemon fruit on the finish. Good value.
- Cabernet Merlot 2007 - 4 Wine Glasses Rating 88.
Light to medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, zesty; very good line and balance, although not concentrated.

Scoop Magazine Spring 2009 Edition
2008 Unwooded Chardonnay. Awarded Bronze (15.5). This is a squeaky clean, crisp and a pristine chardonnay with negligble oak and lovely, simple, peachy, nectarine-like fruit leading the way. It's basic, but technically fine - a beautifully made chardonnay that's a delight to drink.

Spice Magazine Autumn 2009 Edition
Geographe Wine Feature. Unwooded Chardonnay 2008  "A tempered chardonnay out of the Donnybrook area Geographe. Snooping around a compact little area you'll find rooms of light peach with a juicy centre. Fig also features prominently out the front and in the back, lime trees with natural bright acidity. Lean and tight." says Jason Boudville. Check out our photo in the central collage.

Scoop Magazine Summer 2008/9 Edition
2007 Viognier. Awarded Bronze (15.5). Showing tropical fruits, this wine is firm and rich with good texture and depth, some phenolic grip and warm alcohol that makes it typical of the variety.

Spice Magazine Summer 2008 Edition
Jason Boudville says of our 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon - "I would short list this SBS in the top twelve this State has to offer. Beaming from the glass is lofty gooseberry and guava tones, the strong almost forceful fruit weight romances the spotlessly clean palate. Certainly textual in character - think lime sorbet - with impressive length and finesse. The finish is similar to that of white chocolate yumminess. It's cooling without being overpowering."

Geographe Wine Show 2008 - Trophies and Gold for Oakway Estate
Oakway Estate has had a great show result this year - GOLD for our 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, SILVER for the 2008 Unwooded Chardonnay, and BRONZE for our 2007 Shiraz V (Viognier), 2007 Cabernet Merlot and 2008 Sauvignon Blanc. BUT there's more, we picked up THREE TROPHIES, one for BEST WHITE BLEND, BEST WHITE WINE and MOST SUCCESSFUL SMALL PRODUCER for the show. So as you might expect - we are rapped! Check out our wines before you miss out.

Our 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon and new Sauvignon Blanc wines are now available. Response to these two wines has been amazing - we are sorry to say that the 2007 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon is now sold out. Check out these wines now and be ready for those warm spring and summer luncheons.

Blackwood Valley Boutique Wine Show 2008 - More Gold
Yet another GOLD for our 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon and BRONZE for the 2008 Viognier, 2008 Sauvignon Blanc, and 2007 Merlot.

Qantas Wine Show of WA 2008
We only entered three wines into this show but managed to get a high BRONZE for the 2007 Cabernet Merlot and a whisker away from two more BRONZES for the 2008 Sauvignon Blanc and 2007 Merlot.

Blackwood Valley Boutique Wine Show 2007
Oakway Estate received a GOLD medal for our 2006 Cabernet Shiraz at the recent Blackwood Valley Boutique Wine Show held Friday 19th October 2007 in Bridgetown. Oakway also received a Bronze for our 2007 Viognier and 2006 Shiraz. Our continual improvement programme is paying dividends, producing quality wines at affordable prices. That's an all round benefit.

Geographe Wine Show 2007
Oakway Estate's Rose 2007 won a Bronze medal at the recent Geographe Wine Show held in Bunbury WA. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz grapes crafted in the real style of a slightly dry Rose. Its a fun wine ready to take on summer entertaining in a big way.

Winewise Small Vigneron Awards 2007
Oakway Estate's Merlot 2005 was the only WA wine to medal in that category, beating other WA regional wine areas including Margaret River. This wine has already received a Silver medal at the 2006 Qantas Wine Show of WA and bronze at the Geographe Wine Show. It goes to show you don't have to pay high prices to drink quality wines. Our Shiraz 2005 also received a Bronze at the same show, highlighting our continual efforts in making high quality wines at affordable prices.

Ray Jordan's Guide to Wine 2008 Western Australia
Unoaked Chardonnay 2006 - This fruit comes from Margaret River. It's got some punch with lots of creamy melon flavours with a nice acid. Palate has good texture with a lingering finish. Nice current drinking. 84/100.

Rose 2007 - Light-bodied fruity rose opens with strawberry and rose petal aromas. Palate has plenty of strawberry confectionary flavours with crisp acid balancing a little residual sweetness. 84/100.

Merlot 2005 - Silky smooth and rather refined merlot with some polish and style. Bouquet of minty spicy plum and light pudding. Palate is supple with some intense fruit qualities. Fine tannins and some nice oak treatment. 86/100.

James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2008 Edition
Merlot 2005 - A medium bodied, well structured wine; red current fruit is tempered by notes of black olive and spice; Good length and balance. Value. Rating 90/100.

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2006 - A relatively muted bouquet; citrus and gooseberry flavours come through on the palate providing execellent value. Rating 88/100.

Ray Jordan's Guide to Wine 2006/7 Western Australia
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2006 - Sourced from Maragret River, this is a real fruit bomb of passionfruit and herbal gooseberry with a stack of other tropical fruits. Nice drinking. 85/100.

Chardonnay 2005 - Lots of beautifully constructed chardonnay showing some smoky melon and gratefruit complexity. It's a classy little wine at this price, believe me. 84/100.

Shiraz 2004 - Medium-weight flavoursome shiraz with distinct earthy savoury character. Plenty of tannin and oak in the engine room. Good value. 84/100.

Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - A firmish medium-bodied cabernet showing the influence of French oak. It's been well structured with fine firm tannin, and plently of intense fruit. Nice current drinking. 85/100.

James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2007 Edition
Shiraz 2004 - Lively, fresh plum and cherry fruit; gentle tannins, subtle oak. Rating 89/100.

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2005 - An attactive mix of herbaceous/mineral notes from the semillon, and gentle tropical from the sauvignon blanc; light-to medium-bodied, and does shorten somewhat. Rating 88/100.

Chardonnay 2005 - Fragrant and lively unwooded style; light-bodied nectarine and grapefruit; good balance and length. 88/100.

Merlot 2004 - Light purple red; very tangy/savoury/briary style; a light-bodied palate, but balanced; minimal oak. 88/100.

Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2004 - More blackcurrant and blackberry fruit density and richness than the Cabernet Merlot; balanced tannins and oak. 88/100.

Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2004 - 86/100.

Ray Jordan's Guide to Wine 2005/6 Western Australia
Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2004 - A simple fruit driven style of medium weight and quite attractive red berry characters. Has a slightly savoury briary note in there with a little understated oak playing a nice role. It's easy drinking and good in the medium term. 83/100.

Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2004 - The lifted red berry and minty herbal characters on the nose are quite attractive. There's good palate structure and nice supple smooth flavours. The tannins are fine and the oak understated. Ideal for having with food over the next year or so. 83/100.

Merlot 2004 - Medium bodied wine showing nice varietal fruit characters of red berry and some smokey slightly savoury muted aromas on the background. The palate has good flavour and is nicely balanced with the oak playing a nice secondary role. 84/100.

Shiraz 2003 - The deep and concentrated shiraz shows strong earthy savoury characters and with ample varietal fruit. It has some very firm tannins but they seem to be just starting to slide away.  It is nearly reaching its peak and should hold it for a number of years. 85/100.

Winestate Magazine - Western Australia Special Edition July 2006
Merlot 2004 - Red berries and old oak aromas with nice earthy characters. Ripe plum fruit palate - slightly extracted and developed. 3 star rating.

Scoop Magazine Summer Edition 2005/06
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2004 - This wine is supple with moderate weight and sweet, ripe fruit. It is nicely balanced, despite the oak being a little forward. Fleshy fruit persists throughout and the tannins provide structure and focus on the finish. 15.5 (Bronze).