“It may be tempting to underestimate this small producer from Western Australia but do so at your own peril.”
- Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
Battles focuses on a small collection of tiny-quantity wines from a variety of regions (at this stage, the Perth Hills, Margaret River, Great Southern and Geographe) made with great attention to detail, and vineyard provenance top of mind.
Only founded in 2019 the winery is already known on the national & international wine critics scene….
James Halliday 5 Star Winery
&…
WA Good Food Guide Wine of the Year 2023
(Frankland River Shiraz 2022)
Hosted by Chief Winemaker Lance Parkin
& Kris Ambrozkiewicz | Co-Owner
Saturday, May 16th
Masterclass: 3-5pm |12 Wines with Kate Lamont nibbles |$60
Dinner: 7pm | 12 Wines & 5 Courses | $120
Battles Wine in Context
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Battles Wine was started by friends Lance Parkin (winemaker) and Kris Ambrozkiewicz (sommelier, sales). Lance was a winemaker at Houghton in the Swan Valley before the sale to the Yukich family in '19, at which point the Swan Valley-based component of the Houghton team disbanded and formed their own ventures. Battles focuses on a small collection of tiny-quantity wines from a variety of regions (at this stage, the Perth Hills, Margaret River, Great Southern and Geographe) made with great attention to detail, and vineyard provenance top of mind. Kris Ambrozkiewicz (aka Ambro) has a longstanding and intense love of wine, an impressively honed bank of wine knowledge and years of sales experience.
Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate -
Since their inception, I have loved the wines of Battles: they combine a regional authenticity that I see and appreciate, a sophistication and class that I find irresistible and seamless structure that shapes these as being some of the most exciting wines to spring from Western Australia—and indeed Australia. Stop at nothing to find them.
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2026 arrives carrying Chardonnay.
New 2025 releases of Battles Estate and our side hustle, One Armed Scissor, are now loose in the wild.
Two wines, same intent: precision, tension, and a careful balance of weight and texture.
The 2025 One Armed Scissor brings together clonal fruit from Yallingup for the first time (clone three and five for the dorks), Burnside, as well as from the cool southern reaches of Denmark.
There’s more lift and dimension this year, with new oak (30%) and malolactic influence providing richness and rounding out the texture. It carries saltiness and phenolic edges on the finish.
Battles Estate Chardonnay comes from a single voice: Ellens Ridge vineyard, Burnside. Perfumed, exacting, quietly complex. Handpicked, wild fermented on full solids, shaped by 40% new oak, partial malo, rigorously selected and left to speak for itself.(Battles Wine)
The Wine List
2025 Battles Pinot Grigio Frankland River
2025 Battles Riesling Denmark
2025 Battles Chardonnay Margaret River
2025 Battles 'Burnside' Chardonnay Margaret River
2025 Battles Pinot Noir Porongurup
2024 Battles Tempranillo Margaret River
This is very much in its infancy, showing off a deep purple hue and an abundance of primary aromas and flavours. Wafts of cherries, kirsch and blackforest cake without the sugar hit, just the aromas. Fuller-bodied yet not weighty, super savoury with tannins and acidity somewhat highly strung. Partner this with food to see it at its best in youth, or, even better, another year or so in bottle will do wonders.
93 Points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (July 2025)
2024 Battles Malbec Geographe
Love the exuberance of this deep, dark red. Yet there's plenty of detail, too. Blue and red fruits, plum compote, hints of meaty reduction and an array of baking spices. This is beautifully modulated – not too big, with surprisingly fine tannins for malbec and bright acidity. Juicy and delicious.
95 Points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (September 2025)
2025 Battles Cabernet Sauvignon
2024 Battles Shiraz Geographe/Perth Hills
Two vineyards – one in Geographe, the other Perth Hills – coming together as equals. It’s an excellent offering, starting with the inky dark purple hue before the aromatics sway you: pepper, crushed rock and florals, especially dark red roses, and a wave of brown spices. Really good fruit at its heart. Plentiful yet raw silk tannins sashay across the fuller-bodied palate and fine acidity takes this out for a long ride. Impressive.
95 Points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (May 2025)
2024 Battles 'Granitis' Shiraz
2024 Battles Frankland River Shiraz
2022 Battles 'Lateralis' Shiraz Frankland River